In A Week Chords
by Hozier
In A Week by Hozier is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Cadd9, C, G, C/G and D/F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Cadd9 can be played as normal C, but if played it's likke this:
e-------
B---3---
G---0---
D---2---
A---3---
E-------
Intro:
G G G G
G C/G D/F# G
C G C G
I have never known peace like the damp grass that yields to me
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3----3-----------3---3--------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----3--3---3---3--3---3---2--2---2--2--2---2----------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------3---1--------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------1~~3----3-----
I have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--0h1h0--3----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3-------3-----3-------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0h2h0--3--3---3--3---3---3--2---2---2--2---2--2-------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------3-----1-------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------1~~3----3-
A thousand teeth and yours among them, I know
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3----3----1---1-----------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----3--3---3---3--3---3---2--2---2--2--2---2--2---2-----------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our hungers appeased, our heart beats becoming slow
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3----3------3---3----------------------0h10-
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----3--3---3---3--3---3---2--2---2--2--2---2-------------------------------0h20-
A-------------------------------------------------3---1---------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------1~~3----3----------
G C/G D/F# G
We'll lay here for years or for hours
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Thrown here or found, to freeze or to thaw
G C/G D/F# G
So long, we'd become the flowers
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Two corpses we were, two corpses I saw
G C
And they'd find us in a week
G C G
When the weather gets hot
G C/G D/F# G
After the insects have made their claim
C G C G
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
I have never known sleep like this slumber that creeps to me
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B-----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3----3-----------3---3--------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----3--3---3---3--3---3---2--2---2--2--2---2----------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------3---1--------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------1~~3----3-----
I have never known colors like this morning reveals to me
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--0h1h0--3----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3-------3-----3-------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0h2h0--3--3---3--3---3---3--2---2---2--2---2--2-------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------3-----1-------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------1~~3----3-
And you haven't moved an inch such that I would not know
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--0h1h0--3----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3-------3-----3-------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0h2h0--3--3---3--3---3---3--2---2---2--2---2--2-------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------3-----1-------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------1~~3----3-
If you sleep always like this, flesh calmly going cold
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--0h1h0--3----3----3-----3----3-----3----3----3-------3-----3-------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--0h2h0--3--3---3--3---3---3--2---2---2--2---2--2-------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------3-----1-------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------1~~3----3-
G C/G D/F# G
We'll lay here for years or for hours
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
Your hand in my hand, so still and discreet
G C/G D/F# G
So long, we'd become the flowers
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
We'd feed well the land and worry the sheep
G C
And they'd find us in a week
G C G
When the cattle'd show fear
G C/G D/F# G
After the insects have made their claim
G C/G D/F# G
After the foxes have known our taste
C G C G
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
G C
And they'd find us in a week
G C G
When the weather gets hot
G C
And they'd find us in a week
G C G
When the cattle'd show fear
G
And they'd find us in a week
When the buzzards get loud
After the insects have made their claim
After the foxes have known our taste
After the raven has had his say
C G C G
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
C G C G
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
C G C G
I'll be home with you, I'll be home with you
Outro:
e-------------------0---2---3-----7---2--3--2--0------------------------------
B-----3---3--3------------------------------------3------------------------------
G---------------------------------0---2--4--2--------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----3---3--3------3---3---3---------------------3-------------------------