Chords with lyrics
Performance @ Healing Appalachia 2022
🎸 Verse 1:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
I have gee'd and haw'd myself into a tizzy
D MajorD A augmentedA B7B7 E MajorE
I am yearning for a turning in the most peculiar way
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Blame it on my genes, caked in tenant farming
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE
I can't stand idle hands, as the hours waste away
🎸 Chorus:
A augmentedA
Let your love light shine
D MajorD A augmentedA
Don't you hide it beneath those bushels, baby.
D MajorD A augmentedA B7B7 E MajorE
Take that whip to task, work me all night beneath the flame.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
I am yours to use, and I sure wish you would use me
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Do not let my heart just fall apart, rustin' in the rain.
🎸 Verse 2:
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
I'm a hillside plow, turning one way then the other.
D MajorD A augmentedA B7B7 E MajorE
I don't run around in circles. I work right on up the side.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
Starting at the foot, going past the shoulder
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
'til I slit the rows in the whole hillside.
🎸 Chorus 2:
A augmentedA
Let your love light shine
D MajorD A augmentedA
Don't you hide it beneath those bushels, baby.
D MajorD A augmentedA B7B7 E MajorE
Take that whip to task, work me all night beneath the flame.
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
I am yours to use, and I sure wish you would use me
D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Do not let my heart just fall apart, rustin' in the rain.
Key Change to BB
🎸 Verse 3:
BB E MajorE BB
I have gee'd and haw'd for you and it sure suits me.
E MajorE BB C#C# F#F#
I am pawing with impatience at the thought of trace chains.
BB E MajorE BB
I've grit my bit. Running half rows just for thinking
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
Getting hunkered down trying to get up through the shame.
🎸 Chorus 3:
BB
Let your love light shine
E MajorE BB
Don't you hide it beneath those bushels, baby.
E MajorE BB C#C# F#F#
Take that whip to task, work me all night beneath the flame.
BB E MajorE BB
I am yours to use, and I sure wish you would use me
E MajorE BB F#F# BB
Do not let my heart just fall apart, rustin' in the rain.