Hozier - Work Song (Lyrics) Chords
Tempo:
90.9 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
C
F
Cm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[F]
[Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [C] I'm [Bb] so full of love I could barely eat.
There's nothing sweeter than my [Cm] baby.
[Bb] I'd never want once from a [Cm] cherry tree.
[Bb] My baby, sweet [C] as can be, [G] she'd give me toothpicks just from kissing me.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
Last year my baby [C] found me.
[Bb] I was three days on a [C] drunken sin.
[Bb] I woke [F] with the walls [C] around me.
[Bb] Nothing in her room but an [Gm] empty crib.
[Bb] I was burning up a [Cm] fever.
[Bb] I didn't care much how [Cm] long I lived.
[Bb] But I swear I thought I [G] dreamed her.
[Bb] She never asked me once about the wrong I did.
When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
I, King, would never [C] fret none [Bb] about what my hands and my [C] body done.
[Bb] If the Lord don't forgive [C] me, [Bb] I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me.
I was kissing on [C] my baby [Bb] and she put her love down [C] soft and sweet.
[Bb] In the lonely [C] light I was [Ebm] free.
Heaven [Db] and hell were words to me.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
[Gm]
[Bb] [G]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[F]
[Bb] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] [C] I'm [Bb] so full of love I could barely eat.
There's nothing sweeter than my [Cm] baby.
[Bb] I'd never want once from a [Cm] cherry tree.
[Bb] My baby, sweet [C] as can be, [G] she'd give me toothpicks just from kissing me.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
Last year my baby [C] found me.
[Bb] I was three days on a [C] drunken sin.
[Bb] I woke [F] with the walls [C] around me.
[Bb] Nothing in her room but an [Gm] empty crib.
[Bb] I was burning up a [Cm] fever.
[Bb] I didn't care much how [Cm] long I lived.
[Bb] But I swear I thought I [G] dreamed her.
[Bb] She never asked me once about the wrong I did.
When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
I, King, would never [C] fret none [Bb] about what my hands and my [C] body done.
[Bb] If the Lord don't forgive [C] me, [Bb] I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me.
I was kissing on [C] my baby [Bb] and she put her love down [C] soft and sweet.
[Bb] In the lonely [C] light I was [Ebm] free.
Heaven [Db] and hell were words to me.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her.
[Gm]
[Bb] [G]
[F] [C]
[Bb] [C]
[Bb]
Key:
Bb
C
F
Cm
Gm
Bb
C
F
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] I'm [Bb] so full of love I could barely eat.
There's nothing sweeter than my [Cm] baby.
[Bb] I'd never want once from a [Cm] cherry tree.
[Bb] My baby, sweet [C] as can be, [G] she'd give me toothpicks just from kissing me. _
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
_ Last year my baby [C] found me.
[Bb] I was three days on a [C] drunken sin.
[Bb] I woke [F] with the walls [C] around me.
[Bb] Nothing in her room but an [Gm] empty crib.
[Bb] I was burning up a [Cm] fever.
[Bb] I didn't care much how [Cm] long I lived.
[Bb] But I swear I thought I [G] dreamed her.
[Bb] She never asked me once about the wrong I did.
When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
I, King, would never [C] fret none [Bb] about what my hands and my [C] body done. _
[Bb] If the Lord don't forgive [C] me, [Bb] I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me.
I was kissing on [C] my baby [Bb] and she put her love down [C] soft and sweet.
[Bb] In the lonely [C] light I was [Ebm] free.
Heaven [Db] and hell were words to me.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
[Gm] _ When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] I'm [Bb] so full of love I could barely eat.
There's nothing sweeter than my [Cm] baby.
[Bb] I'd never want once from a [Cm] cherry tree.
[Bb] My baby, sweet [C] as can be, [G] she'd give me toothpicks just from kissing me. _
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
_ Last year my baby [C] found me.
[Bb] I was three days on a [C] drunken sin.
[Bb] I woke [F] with the walls [C] around me.
[Bb] Nothing in her room but an [Gm] empty crib.
[Bb] I was burning up a [Cm] fever.
[Bb] I didn't care much how [Cm] long I lived.
[Bb] But I swear I thought I [G] dreamed her.
[Bb] She never asked me once about the wrong I did.
When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[G] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
I, King, would never [C] fret none [Bb] about what my hands and my [C] body done. _
[Bb] If the Lord don't forgive [C] me, [Bb] I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me.
I was kissing on [C] my baby [Bb] and she put her love down [C] soft and sweet.
[Bb] In the lonely [C] light I was [Ebm] free.
Heaven [Db] and hell were words to me.
[Gm] When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
[Gm] _ When [F] my time comes [Bb] around, lay me gently in the [Cm] cold, dark earth.
[Gm] No grave [F] can hold my body [Bb] down, I'll crawl on to her. _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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