Fingers to the Bone - Brown Bird
This is tabbed for a single guitar playing both the banjo and bass.
INTRO & INSTRUMENTAL:
Em7
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D|-------2-----------2-------------2---------------| (x3)
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e|-------------------0-----------------------------|
B|-------0-----3-----------0-----------------------|
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D|-------2-----------2-----------------------4-----| (x1)
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Verse
Em
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D|-------------------------------------------0-----| (x3)
A|-------------------------------------------------|
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B7
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B|-------0--------0-----0--------------------------|
G|-------2--------2-----2--------------------------|
D|-------------------1-----------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-----------2-----0-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------3-----2-----|
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Em
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B|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
G|-------0--------0-----0--------0--------0-----0--|
D|-------------------2-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
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A
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B|-------2--------2-----2--------2--------2-----0--|
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Em
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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
B7
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 B7
Ain’t I been a good, hard working
Em7
Faithful, servant and son
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B|------------------------------------------------|
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D|-2----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------2--0-------|
E|-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--------3--2-|
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BRIDGE:
Em G/F# G
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G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----2--0----|
D|----------------------------------------------4-| (x3)
A|-------------------------------------2--0-------|
E|-0-----0-----2-----2-----3-----3-----------3--2-|
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BRIDGE
Em G/F#
then the sky turns black
G
and it cracks with a thundering voice
Em G/F#
work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out
G
til your final breath falls to the floor
CHORUS:
Em A
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G|----0-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------0-----0-----0-----0----|
E|-0-----0-----0-----3----------------------------|
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A
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B|----2-----2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
G|----2-----2-----2-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
E|------------------------------------------------|
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B7
e|-------2--------2-----2--------------------------|
B|-------0--------0-----0--------------------------|
G|-------2--------2-----2--------------------------|
D|-------------------1-----------------------------|
A|-2-----------2-----------2-----0-----------------|
E|-------------------------------------3-----2-----|
Em A
so swing down that sledgehammer through the wood
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
Em
and get up off the ground
A
you can lay down when the day is done
B7 Em7
and on the seventh day 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
B7
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
Em7
faithful servant and son
BRIDGE:
Em G/F#
then the sky turns black
G
and it cracks with a thundering voice
Em G/F#
work is what you are when you’re breathing in and out
G
til your final breath falls to the floor
CHORUS (x2)
Em A
so swing down that sledgehammer through the wood
Em
a little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
and get up off the ground
A
you can lay down when the day is done
B7 Em
and on the seventh day you can lay in the morning sun
