Hozier - Work song
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I watched Hozier play this in some videos and this is what it looked and sounded like he was doing.
[Intro/Verses]
A#5/F C5/G
e|------------|------------|
B|------------|------------|
G|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|
A|-----1------|-----3------|
E|-----1------|-----3------|
[Chorus]
Gm Fmaj A#/F Cm/G
e|-----3------|-----1------|-----1------|-----3------|
B|-----3------|-----1------|-----3------|-----4------|
G|-----3------|-----2------|-----3------|-----5------|
D|-----5------|-----3------|-----3------|-----5------|
A|-----5------|-----3------|-----1------|-----3------|
E|-----3------|-----1------|-----1------|-----3------|
[Intro]
A#5/F C5/G A#5/F C5/G A#5/F C5/G A#5/F (2x)
[Verse]
A#5/FBoys workin on empty C5/G
A#5/FIs that the kinda way to face the burning heat? C5/G
A#5/FI just think about my baby C5/G
A#5/FI'm so full of love I could barely eat
A#5/FThere's nothing sweeter than my baby C5/G
A#5/FI never want once from the cherry tree C5/G
A#5/FCause my baby's sweet as can be C5/G
A#5/FShe give me toothaches just from kissin me
[Chorus]
GmWhen, myFmaj, time comes around
A#/F....Lay me gently in the cold dark Cm/Gearth
Gm...No grave can Fmajhold my body down
A#/F....I'll crawl home to her
[Verse 2]
A#5/F....That's when my baby found me C5/G
A#5/FI was three days on a drunken sinC5/G
A#5/F...I woke with her walls around me C5/G
A#5/FNothin in her room but an empty crib
A#5/F.....And I was burnin up a fever C5/G
I A#5/Fdidn't care much how long I livedC5/G
A#5/F.....But I swear I thought I dreamed herC5/G
She A#5/Fnever asked me once about the wrong I did
[Chorus]
GmWhen, myFmaj, time comes around
A#/F....Lay me gently in the cold dark Cm/Gearth
Gm...No grave can Fmajhold my body down
A#/F....I'll crawl home to her
[Chorus]
GmWhen, myFmaj, time comes around
A#/F....Lay me gently in the cold dark Cm/Gearth
Gm...No grave can Fmajhold my body down
A#/F....I'll crawl home to her
[Verse 3]
A#5/F.....My baby never fret none C5/G
AA#5/Fbout what my hands and my body done C5/G
A#5/F.....If the Lord don't forgive me C5/G
I'd A#5/Fstill have my baby and my babe would have me C5/G
A#5/F.....When I was kissing on my baby C5/G
And A#5/Fshe put her love down soft and sweetC5/G
A#5/F....In the lowland plot I was C5/Gfree
Heaven and hell were words to me
[Chorus]
GmWhen, myFmaj, time comes around
A#/F....Lay me gently in the cold dark Cm/Gearth
Gm...No grave can Fmajhold my body down
A#/F....I'll crawl home to her
[Chorus]
GmWhen, myFmaj, time comes around
A#/F....Lay me gently in the cold dark Cm/Gearth
Gm...No grave can Fmajhold my body down
A#/F....I'll crawl home to her
[Outro]
A#5/F C5/G A#5/F C5/G A#5/F