Anaïs Mitchell – He Did (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
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Chords
Capo II
Great song, great lyrics - with straightforward chords to play.
The chords used are G (320033), Dsus4(000233 OR 002233), Bm (113321), and A (002220) which turns into Asus4
002230)halfway through.
G Dsus4 G Love you, love you, love you Dsus4 G [tab] Dsus4 G He stood high above you Dsus4 You were just a little kid
Bm A Asus4
Bm A Asus4
Bm Your daddy was a farmer A Asus4 His back was burnished red and gold Bm A Asus4 And every time he closed his eyes a rooster crowed Bm He sowed a hundred rows of corn A Asus4 The summer you were born Bm A Asus4 And wondered what your life would yield Bm A Asus4 Bm A Asus4 How it fe-e-e-e-els to be a child of his, Bm A Asus4 how it fe-e-e-e-els Bm Your daddy was a builder A Asus4 He swung his hammer brown and silver Bm A Asus4 Every time he closed his eyes a nail was drove Bm And you were always underfoot A Asus4 Like a splinter in the wood Bm A Asus4 He couldn't pull you from his heels Bm A Asus4 G How it fe-e-e-e-els, how it feels Dsus4 G Love you, love you, love you
Dus4 G
He did, he did, he did
Dsus4 G He stood high above you Dsus4 G Sky around his head Dsus4 G Sawdust in his hair Dsus4 G A scarecrow of a man Dsus4 G Dsus4 Bm He couldn't dra-a-w you near to him A Asus4 Aaaaaaah-aah-aah-aah
Bm A Asus4
Bm A Asus4
Bm A Asus4
Bm But you grew up straight and you grew up true A Asus4 He kept a blue-gray eye on you Bm A Asus4 Until the day he closed his eyes and left them closed Bm Your daddy didn't leave a will A Asus4 He left a shovel and a hole to fill Bm A Asus4 And how it feels, how it feels Bm A Asus4 Bm A Asus4 How it fe-e-e-e-els to be a child of his Bm A Asus4 G Dsus4 How it fe-e-e-e-els to be alive like this
G Dsus4
G Dsus4
G Dsus4 (Oooooooooooooooh,) G Dsus4 G Dsus4 (Oooooooooooh)
G Dsus4 G Dsus4
Bm But who gave you an axe to grind? A Asus4 Who gave you a path to find? Bm Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah A Asus4 Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah Bm Who gave you a row to hoe? A Asus4 Who gave you your sorrow? Bm Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah A Asus4 Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah Bm Who gave you the break of dawn? A Asus4 A pleasure just to look upon Bm Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah A Asus4 Hey yah yah yah-ah-ah-ah-ah Bm Who gave you a barn to build? A Asus4 (hold) Bm And an empty pa-a-a-a-a-ge, to fill?