Welcome To Earth Pollywog Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays420

Welcome To Earth Pollywog by Sturgill Simpson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, F#m, A, G, Bm and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D         F#m             D 
Hello, my son, welcome to earth 
D                 F#m                          D 
You may not be my last but you'll always be my first 
A                      G                 Bm                        A 
Wish I'd done this ten years ago but how could I know, how could I know 
                       D   F#m  G  A D 
That the answer was so easy 
G                  A                            D     G 
I've been told you measure a man by how much he loves 
       G                         D                      G                   A  
When I hold you, I treasure each moment I spend on this earth, under heave above 
Gm                      D             Bm 
Grandfather always said God's a fisherman 
    G     A               D  
And now I know the reason why 

            D                      Bm 
And if some times daddy has to go away 
             D                      Bm   
Please don't think it means I don't love you 
          D                           Bm  
Oh, how I wish I could be there everyday 
               D                           Bm 
Cause when I'm gone it makes me so sad and blue 
            D                                  Bm 
And holding you is the greatest love I've ever known 
     A      
When I get home it breaks my heart 
G                                        A     D  Bm  D  Bm 
Seeing how much you've grown all on your own 

D           Bm           D               Bm 
Hearing you cry makes me cry, it made me cry 
           A                     Bm 
Hearing me cry A thousand miles away 
      D                            Bm 
Every cry (greatest love I've ever known)  
    	

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