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Intro: E7, Am
Am
I am a chimbley,
E7
a chimbley sweep
D7
No bed to lie,
Am
no shoes to hold my feet
Upon the rooftops
E7
in dead of night
D7
You'll hear me cry,
Am
I'll shake you from your sleep
C
Hear me weep
G F
your day will come in peace
Am C F D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
Am E7 Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep
Am
I am an orphan,
E7
an orphan boy
D7
I've known no love,
Am
I've seen no mother's joy
a dirty doorstep
E7
my cradle laid
D7
my fortune's made,
Am
I'll shake you from your sleep
C
Hear me weep
G F
your day will come in peace
Am C F D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
Am E7 Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep
Am
Oh, lonely urchin
E7
the widow cried
D7
i've not been swept
Am
since the day my husband died
her cheeks a-blushing
E7
her legs laid bare
D7
and shipwrecked there,
Am
I'll shake you from your sleep
C
Hear me weep
G F
your day will come in peace
Am C F D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
Am E7 Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep
Am C F D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy
Am E7 Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep
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Tabs by: starkidspell
Published: 15 Aug, 2011
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2011-12-03 04:50:47
This is my favorite Decemberists song and this s dead on for the most part. The only critique I have is that the G shouldn't be on "your" but rather I think it should be on the next word ("day"). The chord progression seems to fit more naturally and truer to the song ch
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2011-10-16 19:06:52
love it, big smile :)
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