Anaïs Mitchell – Dyin Day (Ukulele)

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Chords

This is what I came up with to play the song on a uke. Intro: Am [x2] C [x2] G [x2] F G
Am
Be it work or be it rite?

C
Father, tell me

G
Brings us to the mountainside

Am    F     G     G
Every day a dying day

Am
Be it work or be it rite

C
Oh my sweet babe

G
We come to make a sacrifice

Am    F     G     G
Every day a dying day
Interlude: Am [x2] C [x2] G [x2] F G
Am
Be it ox or be it ram?

C
Father, tell me

G
Please the god of Abraham

Am    F     G     G
Every day a dying day

Am
Be it ox or be it ram

C
Oh my sweet babe

G
It is the blood of the innocent

Am     F    G
Every day a dying day

Am                 C
And who are you to understand

    G               F         G
The ways of him who holds the blade?

   Am             C
And who are you to stay the hand

  G        F    Am
Of him who made you?
Interlude: Am [x2] C [x2] G [x2] F G
Am
Be it ill or be it good?

C
Father, tell me

G
Makes you bind me hand and foot

Am    F     G     G
Every day a dying day

Am
Be it ill or be it good

C
Oh my sweet babe

G
I am doing as I should

Am    F     G     G
Every day a dying day

Am    F     G     G
Every day a dying day

Am    F     G     Am
Every day a dying day
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