Fingers To The Bone chords by Brown Bird

Chords with lyrics

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Brown Bird - Fingers to the Bone

INTRO:
(banjo, arranged for guitar)
 E minorEm   G+G    Emadd2 G6G6
|--------3-------|2-----------0---|
|----0-----0-----|--0-----3-------|
|------0-------0-|------0---------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------0---|x3
|----------------|----------------|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

 E minorEm   G6G6    Emadd4 Gmaj7Gmaj7
|------------0---|----------------|
|----0---3-------|0---------------|
|------0---0-----|----2---0-------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------4---|
|----------------|------------2---|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

VERSE:
        E minorEm
I’ve worked my fingers to the bone
not a pretty little penny have I got to show
I ain’t looking for much
                       BB    walkdown
just a little bit of rest by the side of the road
      E minorEm
I lift my voice to the forces above
       A augmentedA
the Lords of labor and the Goddess of love
        E minorEm     BB
ain’t I been a good, hard working
           INTRO
faithful servant and son

INSTRUMENTAL:
E minorEm F#7add4 G6G6 E minorEm walkdown x2

CHORUS:
     E minorEm    F#7add4
then the sky turns black
    G6G6            E minorEm walkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
         E minorEm               F#7add4
work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out
        G6G6         E minorEm walkdown
til your final breath falls to the floor

BRIDGE:
E minorEm         A augmentedA
so swing down that sledgehammer through the wood
              E minorEm
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
       A augmentedA
you can lay down when the day is done
      BB     walkdown
and on the seventh day
              INTRO
you can lay in the morning sun

VERSE:
         E minorEm
I want to make my home on a mountain high
just me and my lover and the big old sky
I ain’t asking for much
                         BB   walkdown
just a little bit of rest before the day that I die

      E minorEm
I lift my voice to the forces above
       A augmentedA
the Lords of labor and the Goddess of love
        E minorEm     BB
ain’t I been a good, hard working
           INTRO
faithful servant and son

INSTRUMENTAL:
E minorEm F#7add4 G6G6 E minorEm walkdown x2

CHORUS:
     E minorEm    F#7add4
then the sky turns black
    G6G6            E minorEm walkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
         E minorEm               F#7add4
work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out
        G6G6         E minorEm walkdown
til your final breath falls to the floor

BRIDGE:
E minorEm         A augmentedA
so swing down that sledgehammer through the wood
              E minorEm
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
       A augmentedA
you can lay down when the day is done
      BB     walkdown
and on the seventh day
              E minorEm
you can lay in the morning sun


note: at the end they sing the bridge on top of the chorus once. listen to the song if you want to figure out how that goes.

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