Chords for Hawksley Workman: Merry Christmas (I Love You)
Tempo:
98 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
C#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
If God takes you, [A]
he [E] leaves [A] a huge footprint of [E] love [A] and kindness [E] behind which is where [C#m] you [B] once stood.
[E] And I know you're afraid [A] to get on [E] the plane after what [A] happened that [E] day.
[A] And selfishly [E]
I want you here in my [B] way.
[E] But animals come,
[A] animals [E] go.
[A] Love is [E] just a laundry line we hang on [B]
until we're [E] dried out by the sun.
[A] And when you think your [E] turn is done,
[A] you end up [E] getting dirty and it's all again [B] begun.
[A]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [A] [B]
[C#m] [B] [A]
[B] [E] Now words I think are just [A] a noisy dirty [E] wind, [A] makes the trouble [E] we get in.
So why [C#m] do we [B] speak?
[E] Now we've made another war.
[A] That's what men are good [E] for.
[A] Men with stupid [E]
insecurities are not a lot [B] more
[E] satisfied.
They try, [A] it's written [E] about again.
[A] But who the [E] hell reads history?
Apparently [B] not men.
Ooooooooh, [C#] [C#m]
[A] [B] [C#m] ooooooooh, ooooooooh, [A] [B]
ooooooooh.
[E] Yes nothing's guaranteed, [A] except the politics [E] of need.
[A] Did the Romans [E] see the ship go down or were they [B] asleep?
[E] And I shouldn't expect to live, [A] and I shouldn't expect [E] to die
[A] But I wouldn't mind being [E] beside you dear on that laundry line to [B] dry
[E] And for my grandma and my brother, [A] my father [E] and my mother
[A] And you my [E] sweetest lover, to you all I [B] will say
[E] Merry Christmas, I love you, [A] and God is [E] above you
[A] Merry Christmas, I [E] love you, and God [E] is above you
[A] Merry Christmas, [E] I love you
he [E] leaves [A] a huge footprint of [E] love [A] and kindness [E] behind which is where [C#m] you [B] once stood.
[E] And I know you're afraid [A] to get on [E] the plane after what [A] happened that [E] day.
[A] And selfishly [E]
I want you here in my [B] way.
[E] But animals come,
[A] animals [E] go.
[A] Love is [E] just a laundry line we hang on [B]
until we're [E] dried out by the sun.
[A] And when you think your [E] turn is done,
[A] you end up [E] getting dirty and it's all again [B] begun.
[A]
[B] [C#m]
[B] [A] [B]
[C#m] [B] [A]
[B] [E] Now words I think are just [A] a noisy dirty [E] wind, [A] makes the trouble [E] we get in.
So why [C#m] do we [B] speak?
[E] Now we've made another war.
[A] That's what men are good [E] for.
[A] Men with stupid [E]
insecurities are not a lot [B] more
[E] satisfied.
They try, [A] it's written [E] about again.
[A] But who the [E] hell reads history?
Apparently [B] not men.
Ooooooooh, [C#] [C#m]
[A] [B] [C#m] ooooooooh, ooooooooh, [A] [B]
ooooooooh.
[E] Yes nothing's guaranteed, [A] except the politics [E] of need.
[A] Did the Romans [E] see the ship go down or were they [B] asleep?
[E] And I shouldn't expect to live, [A] and I shouldn't expect [E] to die
[A] But I wouldn't mind being [E] beside you dear on that laundry line to [B] dry
[E] And for my grandma and my brother, [A] my father [E] and my mother
[A] And you my [E] sweetest lover, to you all I [B] will say
[E] Merry Christmas, I love you, [A] and God is [E] above you
[A] Merry Christmas, I [E] love you, and God [E] is above you
[A] Merry Christmas, [E] I love you
Key:
E
A
B
C#m
C#
E
A
B
_ If God takes you, [A] _
he _ [E] leaves [A] a huge footprint of [E] love [A] and kindness [E] behind which is where [C#m] you [B] once stood. _ _
_ [E] And I know you're afraid [A] to get on [E] the plane after what [A] happened that [E] day.
_ [A] And selfishly [E]
I want you here in my [B] way. _ _
_ _ [E] But animals come, _
[A] _ animals [E] go.
_ [A] Love is [E] just a laundry line we hang on [B]
until we're _ _ [E] dried out by the sun.
[A] And when you think your [E] turn is done, _
[A] you end up [E] getting dirty and it's all again [B] begun.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] Now words I think are just [A] a noisy dirty [E] wind, [A] makes the trouble [E] we get in.
So why [C#m] do we [B] speak?
_ _ [E] Now we've made another war.
[A] That's what men are good [E] for.
[A] Men with stupid _ [E] _
insecurities are not a lot [B] more _ _
_ _ [E] satisfied.
They try, [A] it's written [E] about again.
[A] But who the [E] hell reads history?
_ Apparently [B] not men. _ _ _ _ _ _
Ooooooooh, _ [C#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] ooooooooh, _ ooooooooh, [A] _ _ _ [B] _
ooooooooh.
[E] Yes nothing's guaranteed, [A] except the politics [E] of need.
[A] Did the Romans [E] see the ship go down or were they [B] asleep?
_ _ _ [E] And I shouldn't expect to live, [A] and I shouldn't expect [E] to die
[A] But I wouldn't mind being [E] beside you dear on that laundry line to [B] dry
_ _ [E] And for my grandma and my brother, [A] my father [E] and my mother
[A] And you my [E] sweetest lover, to you all I [B] will say _ _ _
[E] Merry Christmas, I love you, [A] and God is [E] above you
[A] Merry Christmas, I [E] love you, and God [E] is above you
[A] Merry Christmas, [E] I love you _ _
he _ [E] leaves [A] a huge footprint of [E] love [A] and kindness [E] behind which is where [C#m] you [B] once stood. _ _
_ [E] And I know you're afraid [A] to get on [E] the plane after what [A] happened that [E] day.
_ [A] And selfishly [E]
I want you here in my [B] way. _ _
_ _ [E] But animals come, _
[A] _ animals [E] go.
_ [A] Love is [E] just a laundry line we hang on [B]
until we're _ _ [E] dried out by the sun.
[A] And when you think your [E] turn is done, _
[A] you end up [E] getting dirty and it's all again [B] begun.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] Now words I think are just [A] a noisy dirty [E] wind, [A] makes the trouble [E] we get in.
So why [C#m] do we [B] speak?
_ _ [E] Now we've made another war.
[A] That's what men are good [E] for.
[A] Men with stupid _ [E] _
insecurities are not a lot [B] more _ _
_ _ [E] satisfied.
They try, [A] it's written [E] about again.
[A] But who the [E] hell reads history?
_ Apparently [B] not men. _ _ _ _ _ _
Ooooooooh, _ [C#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#m] ooooooooh, _ ooooooooh, [A] _ _ _ [B] _
ooooooooh.
[E] Yes nothing's guaranteed, [A] except the politics [E] of need.
[A] Did the Romans [E] see the ship go down or were they [B] asleep?
_ _ _ [E] And I shouldn't expect to live, [A] and I shouldn't expect [E] to die
[A] But I wouldn't mind being [E] beside you dear on that laundry line to [B] dry
_ _ [E] And for my grandma and my brother, [A] my father [E] and my mother
[A] And you my [E] sweetest lover, to you all I [B] will say _ _ _
[E] Merry Christmas, I love you, [A] and God is [E] above you
[A] Merry Christmas, I [E] love you, and God [E] is above you
[A] Merry Christmas, [E] I love you _ _