Make Hay chords by Joanna Newsom

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]
Bb majorBb
So long
Bb majorBb
So long
Bb majorBb
So long
Bb majorBb
So long

[Verse]
Bb majorBb
So long
  AbAb     F#F#   BbmBbm
My old friend died that way:
  Eb MajorEb       AbAb  F#F#      BbmBbm    Eb MajorEb
The accumulation of time and the passing of days
AbAb           F#F#
Though she dug in her heels
BbmBbm          Eb MajorEb
Drug her wheels in the clay

[Pre-Chorus]
AbAb        C majorC
She dotted her eyes;
       G minorGm         F minorFm
Crossed the teasels in her leaning dray

[Chorus]
 Eb MajorEb          G+G
Where buzzards make circles
    Bb majorBb       D MajorD
(and tillers make hay):
  Eb MajorEb    G+G    Bb majorBb    D MajorD
A augmentedA dozen in kettle, comittee & wake;
    Eb MajorEb      G+G
Where wind made the dust
  Bb majorBb     D MajorD
And sin made the snake
 FF     C majorC
And mama made us
  A minorAm    G+G
But what did I make?

[Verse]
          FF
And how was I to know
         G+G   A minorAm
Down in our old goldmine
                G+G  FF
Where you were the king of the radio
            G+G   C majorC
And I was the keeper of hi-fi
               G+G   FF
And I was the queen of the rodeo
(And everybody'd know,)
               G+G    A minorAm
And you were the keeper of the lions;
        FF
And we were gored, and abased
And adored, and erased
    C majorC
All before our time?
      FF  G+G  A minorAm
It was before our time
       G+G  A minorAm  G+G
So how was I to know?
    Bb majorBb   A augmentedA
How was I to know
  Eb MajorEb
While tune hums
        DmDm     G minorGm
And the hand strikes the gong
        A augmentedA
And all of us plough our row
Eb MajorEb
And the notes run
     DmDm                 G minorGm
Out of measure and out of time and landing wrong?
Bb majorBb      FF     A minorAm     Bb majorBb
The day is long, but not so long
     AbAb  F#F#   BbmBbm
My old friend died alone
   Eb MajorEb      AbAb    F#F#    BbmBbm
Save for the friends and family she had known
  Eb MajorEb        AbAb
Surrounding her bed
     F#F#     BbmBbm
None of whom in that room
       Eb MajorEb
Could with certainty have said

[Pre-Chorus]
   AbAb     C majorC
“I've dotted my eyes
       G minorGm        F minorFm
Crossed the teasels in my leaning sled

[Chorus]
Eb MajorEb          G+G      Bb majorBb      D MajorD
Where buzzards make circles and tillers make hay:
  Eb MajorEb      G+G
In windrow and bale
Bb majorBb        D MajorD
With tedder and rake;
Eb MajorEb      G+G
Where Adam made ribs
 Bb majorBb       D MajorD
And cattle make steak.”
FF         C majorC
(And the rattling nib writes
A minorAm     G+G
“What did I make?”)

[Verse]
         FF
And how was I to know
         G+G       A minorAm
Seeing my seconds pass in a line
        G+G     FF
If there was a way to reckon love
       G+G      C majorC
Except as a symptom of time?
         G+G     FF
And honey, it stretched out below us
Humming every note
        G+G     A minorAm
From the lowest to the highest
                 G+G    FF
But even at the highest we were bored, and amazed
In accord, in a daze
         C majorC
All before our time
     G+G    FF   G+G A minorAm
It was before our time
      G+G  FF  G+G A minorAm
So how was I to know?
    G+G  FF   G+G A minorAm
How was I to know
    G+G   FF   G+G  A minorAm
How was I to know
   G+G  FF  A augmentedA
How was I to know
    Eb MajorEb
While the day slows
    DmDm      G minorGm
And the sun stares, stalling
   A augmentedA      Eb MajorEb
Into the dimming barrel of night
      DmDm      G minorGm
Where the stars are falling?

[Outro]
 Bb majorBb    FF
I've got no say
   A minorAm
But still
  Bb majorBb         F#F#
I'm calling for my old friend
  AbAb       Eb MajorEb   BbmBbm