The Thread chords by Shovels & Rope

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

The Thread - Cary Ann Hearst - Shovels and Rope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCTvpHkQLKw

Standard Tuning
Capo 5

(note: many of the lines end with a “sus2”,
 (or equivalent, like Em->Em7 (020000)->Em), then hammer-on back to the chord)

Chords referenced to capo 5
A augmentedA    x02220
A2   x02200
A minorAm   x02210
Bm/ABm/A  x04430 slide up 2 frets from A minorAm
Bm6/A  x04434
Bm7/A  x04435
C*   x32013 C majorC add G+G

Intro:
 G+G  G/BG/B G/EG/E E minorEm G+G   C* G+G    E minorEm   G+G    E minorEm
E MajorE|--3--3---3--0--3------3---3--------0-------3--------0-|
BB|--0---------0--0------1---0--------0-------0--------0-|
G+G|--0---------0--0------0---0--------0-------0--------0-|
D MajorD|--0----0h2--2--0------2---0--------2-0h2---0--------2-|
A augmentedA|--2-0h2-----2--2--h2--3---2--------2--0h2--2--------2-|
E MajorE|3-3---------0--3---0------3--3-2-0-0-----3-3--3-2-0-0-|

Chorus:
A minorAm
Were hangin' here within' an inch of our lives
E minorEm
from the day we're born until the day we die
G+G                  C majorC
don't it make you want to take your time?
G+G               E minorEm
are you gonna let it pass you by?
G+G               E minorEm

Verse 1:
G+G
Made every way, cut you like a knife
E minorEm
any moment in time could change your life
G+G                  C majorC
will you be ready with the time you got?
G+G                 E minorEm
If you maker either way if you're ready or not

Verse 2:
G+G
Hangin' on by a fragile thread
E minorEm
Livin your life like your already dead
G+G                  C majorC
will you be happy with the time you gave?
G+G               E minorEm
These words will be your final days

Chorus:
A minorAm
We're hangin' here within an inch of our lives
E minorEm
from the day we're born till the day we die
G+G                  C majorC
Don't it make you want to take your time?
G+G               E minorEm
Are you gonna let it pass you by?
G+G                 C majorC
G+G               E minorEm

Verse 3:
C majorC
Wish i could look death in the face
E minorEm
Transcend both time and space
G+G            C majorC
and reclaim those bygone days
G+G             E minorEm
that i was such a fool to waste

Chorus:
A minorAm
We're hangin' here within an inch of our lives
E minorEm
from the day we're born till the day we die
G+G                  C majorC
Don't it make you want to take your time?
G+G               E minorEm
Are you gonna let it pass you by?

G+G   E minorEm  G+G   C majorC
G+G   E minorEm  G+G   E minorEm

Verse 4:
G+G                   C majorC
When it comes my day when it comes my time
G+G                     E minorEm
I hope to hear y'all moaning in the second life
G+G              C majorC
Just throw my ashes on some hallow' ground
G+G              E minorEm
and sing me on my way with a joyful sound

Refrain:
G+G                E minorEm
you can sing me on my way with a joyful sound
G+G           E minorEm
you can sing me on my way
G+G           E minorEm
you can sing me on my way
G+G           E minorEm
you can sing me on my way
G+G           E minorEm
you can sing me on my way

Outro:
A augmentedA  A2   Bm/ABm/A  Bm6/A Bm7/A
A augmentedA  A2   Bm/ABm/A  Bm6/A Bm7/A

ooooh hooooooo
A augmentedA  A2   Bm/ABm/A  Bm6/A Bm7/A
ooooh hooooooo
A augmentedA  A2   Bm/ABm/A  Bm6/A Bm7/A
ooooh hooooooo
A augmentedA  A2   Bm/ABm/A   Bm6/A    Bm7/A     A augmentedA


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