Skadis Hammer chords by The Longest Johns

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Verse 1:
DmDm
Lord of the harvest, master of scythe
    C majorC            DmDm
Open the fields and collect your prize
DmDm
Woe to you, John Barleycorn
    C majorC            DmDm
Rest in peace upon the miller's stone


🎸 Chorus:
DmDm FF  G+G                 G#G# G+G    DmDm
Oh, the harvest's got sharp teeth and it's dragging me under
       G+G             E MajorE
Put down the sword, turn the millstone 'round
DmDm FF  G+G            G#G# G+G    DmDm
Oh, Demeter's embrace holds the sun to the land
      C majorC         DmDm
Until Skadi brings her hammer down
DmDm
Ooooh
      C majorC         DmDm
Until Skadi brings her hammer down
DmDm
Ooooh
      C majorC         DmDm
Until Skadi brings her hammer down

🎸 Verse 2:
DmDm
Reaper man, reaper man is coming to tear
    C majorC            DmDm
Through your fields, to strike the corn down
DmDm
Reaper man, reaper man, lay them all to rest
    C majorC            DmDm
And let the land sleep at winter's behest


🎸 Chorus:
DmDm FF  G+G                 G#G# G+G    DmDm
Oh, the harvest's got sharp teeth and it's dragging me under
       G+G             E MajorE
Put down the sword, turn the millstone 'round
DmDm FF  G+G            G#G# G+G    DmDm
Oh, Demeter's embrace holds the sun to the land
      C majorC         DmDm
Until Skadi brings her hammer down

🎸 Verse 3:
DmDm
I thought I heard the old man say
    C majorC            DmDm
John Barleycorn will soon lie in his grave
DmDm
One for the rook, one for the crow
    C majorC            DmDm
One will wither and one will grow


🎸 Chorus:
DmDm FF  G+G                 G#G# G+G    DmDm
Oh, the harvest's got sharp teeth and it's dragging me under
       G+G             E MajorE
Put down the sword, turn the millstone 'round
DmDm FF  G+G            G#G# G+G    DmDm
Oh, Demeter's embrace holds the sun to the land
      C majorC         DmDm
Until Skadi brings her hammer down
DmDm
Ooooh
      C majorC         DmDm
Until Skadi brings her hammer down
DmDm
Ooooh
      C majorC         DmDm
Until Skadi brings her hammer down