The Mason chords by Craig Carnelia

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
FF Am7Am7 G/BG/B Bb majorBb

Chorus:
FF       Am7Am7
He builds a house
Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
With his hands
Bm7Bm7       E7E7
Thirty years go by
    Am7Am7
It stands
F9F9   F7F7   Bb majorBb      G7G7
It stands where nothing stood
 E7E7      Am7Am7
A augmentedA house of stone
F9F9   F7F7   Bb majorBb     Bb6Bb6 C7C7
The mason sleeps real good

Verse 1:
FF       Am7Am7
He does his work
Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
His workday flies
Bm7Bm7       E7E7     Am7Am7
Quittin' time's a big surprise
F9F9  F7F7    Bb majorBb       G7G7
And then it's one more stone
  E7E7    Am7Am7
To get just right
F9F9   F7F7  Bb majorBb      C7C7
It's always one more stone
        FF Bm7Bm7 E7E7
Before the night

Bridge:
A augmentedA    F# minorF#m
Every house he builds
F9F9   F7F7    Bb majorBb
Every stone he lays
Bm7Bm7         E7E7
It's not just makin' money
Am7Am7         C9C9
And countin' off the days


Chorus:
FF       Am7Am7
He builds a house
Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
With his hands
Bm7Bm7      E7E7
A augmentedA hundred years go by
    Am7Am7
It stands
F9F9   F7F7    Bb majorBb
It tells you who he was
G7G7  E7E7   Am7Am7
A augmentedA life goes fast
F9F9    E7E7   Bb majorBb    B7B7
But the work a mason does
  E7E7      Am7Am7
It's made to last
F9F9   F7F7  Bb majorBb  Db7Db7 Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
The work a mason does
C7C7      FF
It's made to last

Outro:

Am7Am7 A minorAm G7G7 Bb majorBb FF