Work Song Chords
by Hozier
Work Song by Hozier is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A#. It uses the chords A#, Cm, Gm and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Hi guys, mydoneksyonfire here. The majority of the chords in this song are sang, not played on the
guitar but it sounds grand anyway. Enjoy
Intro: A# Cm (x8)
A# Cm
Boys workin on empty
A# Cm
Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat?
A# Cm
I just think about my baby
A#
I'm so full of love I could barely eat
A# Cm
There's nothing sweeter than my baby
A# Cm
I never want once from the cherry tree
A# Cm
Cause my baby's sweet as can be
A#
She give me toothaches just from kissin me
Gm F
When, my, time comes around
A# Cm
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
Gm F
No grave can hold my body down
A#
I'll crawl home to her
A# Cm
That's when my baby found me
A# Cm
I was three days on a drunken sin
A# Cm
I woke with her walls around me
A# Cm
Nothin in her room but an empty crib
A# Cm
And I was burnin up a fever
A# Cm
I didn't care much how long I lived
A# Cm
But I swear I thought I dreamed her
A#
She never asked me once about the wrong I did
Gm F
When, my, time comes around
A# Cm
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
Gm F
No grave can hold my body down
A#
I'll crawl home to her (Repeat Chorus)
A# Cm
My baby never fret none
A# Cm
About what my hands and my body done
A# Cm
If the Lord don't forgive me
A#
I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me
A# Cm
When I was kissing on my baby
A# Cm
And she put her love down soft and sweet
A# Cm
In the lowland plot I was free
A#
Heaven and hell were words to me
Gm F
When, my, time comes around
A# Cm
Lay me gently in the cold dark earth
Gm F
No grave can hold my body down
A#
I'll crawl home to her (Repeat Chorus)
A# Cm (x4)