{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2086983,"song":"The Work Song","artist":"Kate & Anna McGarrigle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11453436-the-work-song-chords-by-kate-anna-mcgarrigle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2086983?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The Work Song\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D7/F#[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack before the blues were blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the good ol’ songs were new[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSongs that may no longer please us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n‘Bout the darkies, about Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMississippi minstrels, colour of molasses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStrumming on their banjos to entertain their massas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Abaug[/ch]\r\nSome said garbage, others said art[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou couldn’t call it soul, you had to call it heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, backs broke bending, digging holes to plant the seeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut the wood in the stove and water in the cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou worked so hard that you died standing up[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a little thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPapa tried to make me sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Home Sweet Home' and 'Aura Lee'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThese were songs that my daddy taught me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Camptown Races' and 'Susannah Don’t You Cry'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Gentle Annie' still brings a tear to my eye[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Abaug[/ch]\r\nLabel it garbage, label it art[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou couldn’t call it soul, you had to call it heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, backs broke bending, digging holes to plant the seeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut the wood in the stove and water in the cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou worked so hard that you died standing up[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing me songs of days gone by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMake me laugh and make me cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBreak my female heart in two[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing me songs that say “I love you”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLower your eyes and raise your hand up to your breast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing me one about the sun setting in the west[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Abaug[/ch]\r\nOoh ooh ooh,  ooh ooh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, backs broke bending, digging holes to plant the seeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut the wood in the stove and water in the cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou worked so hard that you died standing up[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, backs broke bending, digging holes to plant the seeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe owners ate the cane and the workers ate the weeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut the wood in the stove and water in the cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou worked so hard that you died standing up[/tab]","plain_text":"Kate & Anna McGarrigle - The Work Song\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nD7/F#  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC   D7   C   D7  G   C  F  C  F C\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D7/F#","C","D7","F","G","Am","Abaug"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}