Hunting The Wren chords by Lankum

Chords with lyrics

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


chords for interlude

F# minorF#m  24422x
F#m6F#m6 24423x
E6E6  02212x
E MajorE   02210x
E7E7  02213x
D*  x542xx
D6D6  x5440x
D-5  x541xx
Asus4Asus4 x0223x

Intro:

F# minorF#m  F#m/G#

Verse 1:

F#m/G#    F# minorF#m  F#m/G#   F# minorF#m
Sharp is the wind, cold is the rain
       A augmentedA    F# minorF#m      E MajorE     D MajorD
Harsh is the livelong day, upon the wide open plain
       F# minorF#m      F#m/G#    F# minorF#m
By Donnelly's hollow, under sad gorse and furze
          A augmentedA  F# minorF#m    E MajorE       D MajorD
There lies a young wren oh, by the saints she was cursed


Chorus:
       A augmentedA
The wren is a small bird
  D MajorD     A augmentedA
How pretty she sings
  D MajorD     A augmentedA F# minorF#m
She bested the ea-gle
     E MajorE     D MajorD
When she hid in its wings
           A augmentedA
With sticks and with stones
   D MajorD       A augmentedA
all among the small mounds
   D MajorD       A augmentedA F# minorF#m
They come from all o-ver
                 D MajorD
to hunt the wren on the wide open ground

Verse 2:
           F# minorF#m        F#m/G#   A augmentedA
They flock round the soldiers in their jackets so red
         A augmentedA F# minorF#m  E MajorE      D MajorD
For barrack room fa-vours, pennies and bread
        F# minorF#m    F#m/G#  F# minorF#m
The soldier is rough, in anger or fun
          A augmentedA  F# minorF#m      E MajorE     D MajorD
And he causes much bloodshed with his big musket gun

Chorus:
         A augmentedA
The birds of the earth
  D MajorD       A augmentedA
And beasts of the field
  D MajorD      A augmentedA F# minorF#m
By spite and by fu-ry
  E MajorE    D MajorD
Are people revealed
        A augmentedA
Attacked in the village
D MajorD     A augmentedA
Spat on in town
   D MajorD       A augmentedA F# minorF#m
They come from all o-ver
                 D MajorD
To hunt the wren on the wide open ground

Interlude:

|F# minorF#m   F#m6F#m6 |E6E6 E MajorE  E7E7 |F# minorF#m E MajorE D* D6D6 |Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 D* D MajorD  |
|A augmentedA    Asus4Asus4 |E6E6 E MajorE  E7E7 |F# minorF#m E MajorE D* D6D6 |Dmaj7Dmaj7 D6D6 D* D-5 |
|F# minorF#m      |

Verse 3:
       F# minorF#m        F#m/G#     F# minorF#m
The wren is a small bird, though blamed for much woe
  F#m/G#  A augmentedA F# minorF#m   E MajorE    D MajorD
Her form is deri-ded, wherever she goes

          F# minorF#m     F#m/G#   F# minorF#m
With cold want and whiskey, she soon is run down
  F#m/G#  A augmentedA F# minorF#m   E MajorE         D MajorD
Her body  para-ded on a staff through the town


Chorus:
       A augmentedA
A majorA rag for her ceiling
  D MajorD      A augmentedA
The sod was her floor
       D MajorD     A augmentedA   F# minorF#m
She chose the cold open plain o'er
  E MajorE       D MajorD
The dark workhouse door
        A augmentedA
With two broken wings
  D MajorD      A augmentedA
And feathers so brown
   D MajorD       A augmentedA F# minorF#m
They come from all o-ver
                 D MajorD
To hunt the wren on the wide open ground