Birth A Basket chords by Cosmo Sheldrake

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: F minorFm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C majorC

Verse:
F minorFm  Cm/Eb
   Chop your wood
                    C majorC
And weave a nest from sticks or let the cold in
F minorFm                   Cm/Eb
   Let's weave a little house out of dreams
G minorGm
Blow and blow
          F minorFm
But it will keep on standing
F minorFm        C minorCm
Huff and puff in vain

Chorus:
       F minorFm
Let's grow a basket
Cm/Eb        C majorC
   All covered in thorns
         F minorFm
When harvest time comes back round
         Eb MajorEb
We'll feast until dawn
G minorGm
Blow and blow
          F minorFm
But it will keep on standing
F minorFm        C minorCm
Huff and puff in vain

Bridge:
Db6Db6
C majorC C minorCm
Db6Db6
A minorAm
Db6Db6
C minorCm
Db6Db6
C majorC

Verse:
F minorFm     Cm/Eb
   Let's thatch a roof
                  C majorC
But leave a hole so we can let the stars in
F minorFm                  Cm/Eb
   So they'll forever shine down on me
G minorGm
Blow and blow
          F minorFm
But it will keep on standing
F minorFm        C minorCm
Huff and puff in vain