Chords for The Incredible String Band - Smoke Shovelling Song

Tempo:
109.825 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

D

F#m

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Incredible String Band - Smoke Shovelling Song chords
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[E] Last winter blue
[A] So cold no [E]
lies
And my fire smoke [B] would not rise
[E] [A] Soon as the smoke
Would [D] try to [A] depart
It'd be [D] froze up harder [Am] than a [E] landlord's [A] heart
Now I called up [F#m] the police
[D] Yes, and there Came [E] around
Three [A] days later [B] and very brought [E] down
[A] Sergeant he gave
Hysterical croak
Says [D] what do you think you have [A] going here?
[E] Some kind [A] of a joke [D] of course.
I wasn't laughing
[E] He [A] said you're causing [F#m] us officers
[A] so much [E] grief
Why don't you give [B] us?
[F#]
[E] Relief
[A] Why don't you call
[F#m] the fire [A] brigade
Or [D] maybe why'd you [F#m] try shoveling the smoke up chimney with [A] a spade
[F#] [D] [E]
[F#m]
[A] Now I borrowed [F#m] a spade
from [A] the woman
next [E] door
And I broke up the smoke [B] that remained [F#] on the floor
[E] [A] I should leave your weight till the closing [F#m] of day
[A] And [F#m]
singing [E] a smoke [A] shoveling song
[F#] [D] [E]
[A]
After working so [F#m] hard I went out to [E] my yard
Not looked up too much in so long
There was nothing to see there
Just [A] a thousand foot high way into the sky
[F#m] Was a pillar [E] of smoke [A] full of song
There was an [D] airplane
Stuck [F#m] in it, but I didn't know at first was so [E] cunningly disguised [A] as dragon
[F#]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[E] [A]
Come the [E] summer
[F#m] at last
Though it was [A] raining
[E] fast
the pillar [B]
it melted
[E]
Now [A] the airplane fell with [D] a big smoke [A] smell [D] and echoing [A] around
all [D] over the [A] town was the [D] words of [E] the smoke shoveling song
And [D] anyone telling a big story would be [A] telling a lie
[F#m] Anyone thinking a bigger one up?
It'd be very high
[F#] [D] [E] [F#m]
[A]
[N]
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1231
E
2311
D
1321
F#m
123111112
F#
134211112
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
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_ _ _ [E] Last winter blue
_ _ _ [A] So cold no [E]
lies
And my fire smoke [B] would not rise
_ [E] _ [A] Soon as the smoke
Would [D] try to [A] depart
_ It'd be [D] froze up harder [Am] than a [E] _ landlord's [A] heart
_ _ _ Now I called up [F#m] the police
_ [D] Yes, and there Came [E] around
_ Three [A] days later [B] and very brought [E] down
_ [A] Sergeant he gave
_ _ _ Hysterical croak
Says [D] what do you think you have [A] going here?
[E] Some kind [A] of a joke [D] of course.
I wasn't laughing
[E] He _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ said you're causing [F#m] us officers
_ [A] so much [E] grief
Why don't you give [B] us?
_ [F#] _
_ [E] Relief
[A] Why don't you call
[F#m] the fire [A] brigade
_ Or [D] maybe why'd you [F#m] try shoveling the smoke up chimney with [A] a spade _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Now I borrowed [F#m] a spade
_ _ from [A] the woman
_ next [E] door
And I broke up the smoke [B] that remained [F#] on the floor
[E] _ [A] I should leave your weight till the closing [F#m] of day
[A] And [F#m]
singing [E] a smoke [A] shoveling song _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
After working so [F#m] hard I went out to [E] my yard
_ Not looked up too much in so long
There was nothing to see there
Just [A] a thousand foot high way into the sky
_ _ [F#m] Was a pillar [E] of smoke [A] full of song
There was an [D] airplane
Stuck [F#m] in it, but I didn't know at first was so [E] cunningly disguised [A] as dragon
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Come the [E] summer _
[F#m] at last
Though it was [A] raining
_ [E] fast
_ the pillar [B]
it melted
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now [A] the airplane fell with [D] a big smoke [A] smell [D] and echoing [A] around
all [D] over the [A] town was the [D] words of [E] the smoke shoveling song
And [D] anyone telling a big story would be [A] telling a lie
[F#m] Anyone thinking a bigger one up?
It'd be very high
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