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Brown Bird - Fingers to the Bone
INTRO:
(banjo, arranged for guitar)
       Em          GEmadd2  G6  
|--------3-------|2-----------0---|
|----0-----0-----|--0-----3-------|
|------0-------0-|------0---------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------0---|x3
|----------------|----------------|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|
       Em         G6Emadd4  Gmaj7  
|------------0---|----------------|
|----0---3-------|0---------------|
|------0---0-----|----2---0-------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------4---|
|----------------|------------2---|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|
VERSE:
I’ve worked my fEmingers to the bone
not a pretty little penny have I got to show
I ain’t looking for much
                                                      Bwalkdown 
just a little bit of rest by the side of the road
I lift my vEmoice to the forces above
the Lords of lAabor and the Goddess of love
ain’t I been a gEmood, hard wBorking
                      INTRO
faithful servant and son
INSTRUMENTAL:
 EmF#7add4  G6   Emwalkdown x2
CHORUS:
                 EmF#7add4
then the sky turns black
                               G6   Emwalkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
                                              EmF#7add4
work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out
                                  G6   Emwalkdown
til your final breath falls to the floor
BRIDGE:
Emso swing down that sAledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over fEmlesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
you can lay dAown when the day is done
                      Bwalkdown
and on the seventh day
                            INTRO
you can lay in the morning sun
VERSE:
I want to make my Emhome on a mountain high
just me and my lover and the big old sky
I ain’t asking for much
                                                       Bwalkdown
just a little bit of rest before the day that I die
I lift my vEmoice to the forces above
the Lords of lAabor and the Goddess of love
ain’t I been a gEmood, hard wBorking
                      INTRO
faithful servant and son
INSTRUMENTAL:
 EmF#7add4  G6   Emwalkdown x2
CHORUS:
                 EmF#7add4
then the sky turns black
                               G6   Emwalkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
                                              EmF#7add4
work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out
                                  G6   Emwalkdown
til your final breath falls to the floor
BRIDGE:
Emso swing down that sAledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over fEmlesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
you can lay dAown when the day is done
                      Bwalkdown
and on the seventh day
you can lay in the morning Emsun
F#7add4: 242300

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Fingers To The Bone

by Brown Bird

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Gmaj7

Brown Bird - Fingers to the Bone

INTRO:

(banjo, arranged for guitar)

Em G G6

Emadd2

|--------3-------|2-----------0---|

|----0-----0-----|--0-----3-------|

|------0-------0-|------0---------|

|----2-------0---|----2-------0---|x3

|----------------|----------------|

|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

Em G6 Gmaj7

Emadd4

|------------0---|----------------|

|----0---3-------|0---------------|

|------0---0-----|----2---0-------|

|----2-------0---|----2-------4---|

|----------------|------------2---|

|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

VERSE:

I’ve worked my fingers to the bone

not a pretty little penny have I got to show

I ain’t looking for much

walkdown

just a little bit of rest by the side of the road

I lift my voice to the forces above

the Lords of labor and the Goddess of love

Em B

ain’t I been a good, hard working

INTRO

faithful servant and son

INSTRUMENTAL:

Em G6 Em

F#7add4 walkdown x2

CHORUS:

F#7add4

then the sky turns black

G6 Em

walkdown

and it cracks with a thundering voice

F#7add4

work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out

G6 Em

walkdown

til your final breath falls to the floor

BRIDGE:

Em A

so swing down that sledgehammer through the wood

a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good

get up off the ground

you can lay down when the day is done

walkdown

and on the seventh day

INTRO

you can lay in the morning sun

VERSE:

I want to make my home on a mountain high

just me and my lover and the big old sky

I ain’t asking for much

walkdown

just a little bit of rest before the day that I die

I lift my voice to the forces above

the Lords of labor and the Goddess of love

Em B

ain’t I been a good, hard working

INTRO

faithful servant and son

INSTRUMENTAL:

Em G6 Em

F#7add4 walkdown x2

CHORUS:

F#7add4

then the sky turns black

G6 Em

walkdown

and it cracks with a thundering voice

F#7add4

work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out

G6 Em

walkdown

til your final breath falls to the floor

BRIDGE:

Em A

so swing down that sledgehammer through the wood

a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good

get up off the ground

you can lay down when the day is done

walkdown

and on the seventh day

you can lay in the morning sun

F#7add4: 242300

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