The Sower Chords
The Sower by Hands Like Houses is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Bm, D, F#m, G, Em, Bb, B and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A
Bm
I wade through the earth,
D F#m
Sowing my own, bound up in discords
G
Spread in the stones,
Planting deep into ready fears.
Em D
Soak in these heavy rains,
F#m G
Break from your chrysalis beneath the clay.
Though I left you behind,
Bm D
I'm all the while, wanting, to make my way home.
Em G A Bb B
All the while, watching, to see just how you've grown.
Bm D
I'm the seeds among you, I am emerald blades
Em G
With other sides and deeper shades.
Bm D
I'm the weeds among you, I am constriction.
Em G
I'm the tightness in your chest.
A Bm
I could ruin you.
I am the horizon, the sinking sun,
Em G Bm
I'm the buried, the believer, the tomorrow that will come.
Em Bm
The tomorrow that will come.
Bm D
I'm the seeds among you, I am emerald blades
Em G
With other sides and deeper shades.
Bm D
I'm the weeds among you, I am constriction.
Em G
I'm the tightness in your chest.
A Bm
I could ruin you.
F#
I could ruin you.
Bm
Convict me of the devil in the details,
F# G
Of these crimes; oh so meticulous were we,
Em
Of passion; I'll plead guilty.
F#
I'll plead guilty to every taken chance.
Bm B Bm D
Cause I am tangled machinery, I am wreckage.
G
Distinguish the scars between;
The pleasure as you dragged me down,
D Bm
Or the shards as they dragged you free.
Em D
I am the knotted anchors below the ground,
G
I'm the shadow that weighs you down.
A G A
I'm the ghost on your lips, the phantom's kiss,
Bm
I'll be the page of your book that's missing.
Bm D Em G
A Bm D
I'm the seeds among you, I am emerald blades
Em G
With other sides and deeper shades.
A Bm D
I'm the weeds among you, I am constriction.
Em G
I'm the tightness in your chest.
A Bm
I could ruin you.
Outro: Bm F#m G Bm D F#m Bm G Bm D F#m