The Work Of Our Hands chords by Carrie Newcomer

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
FF C majorC  G+G A minorAm  FF C majorC  G+G C majorC

Verse:
   FF       C majorC  G+G       A minorAm
Today while it rained, I washed the jars
    FF      C majorC    G+G       C majorC
Then I lit a flame, set the water to start
      FF       C majorC      G+G      A minorAm
And at the end of the day, lined up to cool and seal
        FF      C majorC          G+G       C majorC
Twelve pints of spiced peach jam, twenty jars of dill beans canned
      FF   C majorC        G+G    A minorAm
From an old recipe that my mother gave to me
              FF      C majorC       G+G     A minorAm
Because it's good to put a little bit by for when the late snows fly
         FF      C majorC
All that love so neatly canned
    E minorEm     A minorAm  G/BG/B  C majorC
By the work of our tending hands

Instrumental:
FF C majorC  G+G A minorAm  FF C majorC  G+G C majorC

Verse:
       FF        C majorC  G+G   A minorAm
laid hands on boards and bricks and loud machines
   FF        C majorC        G+G     C majorC
With shovels and rakes, and buckets of soap, they clean
          FF       C majorC      G+G       A minorAm
And I believe that we should bless every shirt ironed and pressed
      FF     C majorC                    G+G      C majorC
Salute the crews out on the road, those who stock shelves and carry loads
           FF       C majorC         G+G     A minorAm
Whisper thanks to the brooms and saws, dirty boots and coveralls
            FF      C majorC          G+G       A minorAm
And bow my head to the waitress and nurse, tip my hat to farmer and clerk
           FF      C majorC
All those saints with skillets and pans
    E minorEm      A minorAm  G/BG/B       C majorC
And the work of their hands, work of their hands

Instrumental:
FF C majorC  G+G A minorAm  FF C majorC  G+G C majorC

Bridge:
FF        E minorEm
Laid out on the counter
    Eb MajorEb      Dm7Dm7  FF
Pulled up out of hot water
        C majorC     Eb MajorEb      D7D7
The work of our hands, so faithful and true

Verse:
    FF        C majorC        G+G        A minorAm
I make something barely there, music is little more than air
    FF     C majorC        G+G        C majorC
So now every year, I'll put by tomatoes and pears
         FF      C majorC    G+G        A minorAm
Boil the lids and wipe the lip with a callused fingertip
          FF      C majorC          G+G        C majorC
And I swear by the winter ground, we'll open one and pass the thing around
       FF      C majorC         G+G     A minorAm
Let the light catch the jar, amber gold as a falling star
        FF    C majorC          G+G   A minorAm
Its humble and physical, it's only love made visible
      FF     C majorC
Yeah, now I understand
       E minorEm     A minorAm G/BG/B C majorC
It's just the work of our hands___

Outro:
FF C majorC  G+G A minorAm  FF C majorC  G+G C majorC x4