Turn The Dirt Over Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays397

Turn The Dirt Over by Sea Wolf is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Em, C, Bm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			"Turn The Dirt Over" 

Tuned Full Step Down "D Tuning" 
Alternate picking on Em and Am 

Em 
Come closer to the window-frame 
Am                                  C 
Window to the dark and the field of snow 
Em 
I saw you running like summer-flame  
Am 
Running through the grass 
        C 
Turning gold to black 

Bm                Am 
Oh, turn the dirt over 
               C      Em 
If you want to grow back 
Bm              Am 
Oh! open up the shutters  
                  C 
See the moonlight on  
G 
The snow 
C 
On the snow 

Em 
You left your brother in a northern town 
Am                            C 
Took the ferry o'er the water on the bay 
Em 
His body covered by the colors going down 
Am                                C 
A statue in the square before the wind could change 

Bm                 Am 
Oh, turn the water over 
               C      Em 
If you want to flow down 
Bm              Am 
Oh! open up the shutters 
                C 
See the falling snow 
G 
The falling snow 

Em 
Come softly to the window frame 
Am                              C 
Window through the dark and the fields of snow 
Em       
I saw you running like a summer-flame 
Am 
Running through the grass  
        C 
Turning gold to black 

Bm                Am 
Oh, turn the dirt over 
               C      Em 
If you want to grow back 
Bm                     Am 
Oh, open up the shutters 
                  C 
See the moonlight on  
G 
The snow 
                  C 
See the moonlight on 
G 
The snow 
C          Em 
On the snow 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante