transcribed by:
robertdanielmaher (at) gmail (com)
Brown Bird - Fingers to the Bone
INTRO:
(banjo, arranged for guitar)
Em G Emadd2 G6
|--------3-------|2-----------0---|
|----0-----0-----|--0-----3-------|
|------0-------0-|------0---------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------0---|x3
|----------------|----------------|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|
Em G6 Emadd4 Gmaj7
|------------0---|----------------|
|----0---3-------|0---------------|
|------0---0-----|----2---0-------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------4---|
|----------------|------------2---|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|
VERSE:
Em
I’ve worked my fingers to the bone
not a pretty little penny have I got to show
I ain’t looking for much
B walkdown
just a little bit of rest by the side of the road
Em
I lift my voice to the forces above
A
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 F#7add4 G6 Em walkdown x2
CHORUS:
Em F#7add4
then the sky turns black
G6 Em walkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
Em 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
Em
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
A
you can lay down when the day is done
B walkdown
and on the seventh day
INTRO
you can lay in the morning sun
VERSE:
Em
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
B walkdown
just a little bit of rest before the day that I die
Em
I lift my voice to the forces above
A
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 F#7add4 G6 Em walkdown x2
CHORUS:
Em F#7add4
then the sky turns black
G6 Em walkdown
and it cracks with a thundering voice
Em 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
Em
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
A
you can lay down when the day is done
B walkdown
and on the seventh day
Em
you can lay in the morning sun
note: at the end they sing the bridge on top of the chorus once. listen to the song if you want to figure out how that goes.
F#7add4: 242300
