Holy Cross chords by Old 97’s

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: Bb majorBb

🎸 Intro:

A augmentedA E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD
A augmentedA A majorA


🎸 Verse 1:
A augmentedA        E MajorE
You work for 37 years
    B minorBm          D MajorD    A augmentedA
Driving trucks, not shifting gears
A augmentedA           E MajorE
He never got it in his head
      B minorBm       D MajorD    A augmentedA
To settle down, he'd never wed

🎸 Verse 2:
A augmentedA             E MajorE
He liked the river how it flowed
    B minorBm            D MajorD   A augmentedA
Unlike the breaker, never to explode
A augmentedA            E MajorE
It had no wires running in
       B minorBm             D MajorD
It just went on and on and on until the ocean got to it

🎸 Chorus:
   B minorBm          D MajorD
Holy Cross Electric Association
             A augmentedA
Oh well it's more than a job
         F# minorF#m
It's more like a damnation
        D MajorD         E MajorE
Well it was my life, now it's my loss
   B minorBm     D MajorD    A augmentedA
Holy Cross

🎸 Verse 3:
A augmentedA          E MajorE
It was a honey of a night
      B minorBm        D MajorD    A augmentedA
He met his maker, he saw the light
A augmentedA            E MajorE
The car was passing on a curve
        B minorBm        D MajorD    A augmentedA
He never slowed down, he never swerved

🎸 Verse 4:
A augmentedA              E MajorE
And in the hot glare of the lamps
     B minorBm             D MajorD    A augmentedA
He had regrets; he'd never learned to dance
A augmentedA             E MajorE
There was no angel at his side
  B minorBm                    D MajorD
No, there was a purpose that became homeless when he died

🎸 Chorus:
   B minorBm          D MajorD
Holy Cross Electric Association
             A augmentedA
Oh well it's more than a job
         F# minorF#m
It's more like a damnation
        D MajorD         E MajorE
Well it was my life, now it's my loss
   B minorBm          D MajorD
Holy Cross Electric Association
             A augmentedA
Oh well it's more than a job
         F# minorF#m
It's more like a damnation
        D MajorD         E MajorE
Well it was my life, now it's my loss
   B minorBm
Holy Cross
        D MajorD         E MajorE
Well it was my life, now it's my loss
   B minorBm
Holy Cross
        D MajorD         E MajorE
Well it was my life, now it's my loss
   A augmentedA
Holy Cross

🎸 Outro:
A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA A majorA