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Credit to Wrynn.CZ for the corrected chords.
Standard tuning, Capo 4
EmI am a chimbley, a B7chimbley sweep
AmNo bed to lie, no shoes to hold my feet
EmUpon the rooftops in B7dead of night
AmYou’ll hear me cry, I’ll shake you from your Emsleep
To hear me Gweep
"Your Dday will come inCdeed
EmFor I am a Gpoor and a Cwretched Amboy
A Emchimbley B7chimbley Emsweep."
EmI am an orphan, B7an orphan boy
AmI’ve known no love, I’ve seen no mother’s joy
EmA dirty doorstep B7my cradle laid
AmMy fortune's made: I’ll shake you from your Emsleep
To hear me Gweep
"Your Dday will come inCdeed.
EmFor I am a Gpoor and a Cwretched Amboy
A Emchimbley B7chimbley Emsweep."
"EmO lonely urchin!" B7the widow cried
"AmI’ve not been swept since the day my husband died."
EmHer cheeks a blushing, her B7legs laid bare
AmAnd shipwrecked there I’ll shake you from your Emsleep
To hear me Gweep
"Your Dday will come inCdeed.
EmFor I am a Gpoor and a Cwretched Amboy
A Emchimbley B7chimbley Emsweep."
EmFor I am a Gpoor and a Cwretched Amboy
A Emchimbley B7chimbley Emsweep."

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Chimbley Sweep

by The Decemberists

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Credit to Wrynn.CZ for the corrected chords.

Standard tuning, Capo 4

Em B7

I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep

No bed to lie, no shoes to hold my feet

Em B7

Upon the rooftops in dead of night

Am Em

You’ll hear me cry, I’ll shake you from your sleep

To hear me weep

D C

"Your day will come indeed

Em G C Am

For I am a poor and a wretched boy

Em B7 Em

A chimbley chimbley sweep."

Em B7

I am an orphan, an orphan boy

I’ve known no love, I’ve seen no mother’s joy

Em B7

A dirty doorstep my cradle laid

Am Em

My fortune's made: I’ll shake you from your sleep

To hear me weep

D C

"Your day will come indeed.

Em G C Am

For I am a poor and a wretched boy

Em B7 Em

A chimbley chimbley sweep."

Em B7

"O lonely urchin!" the widow cried

"I’ve not been swept since the day my husband died."

Em B7

Her cheeks a blushing, her legs laid bare

Am Em

And shipwrecked there I’ll shake you from your sleep

To hear me weep

D C

"Your day will come indeed.

Em G C Am

For I am a poor and a wretched boy

Em B7 Em

A chimbley chimbley sweep."

Em G C Am

For I am a poor and a wretched boy

Em B7 Em

A chimbley chimbley sweep."

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