Hozier – Sweet Thing (Guitar Acoustic)

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Chords

To play the A chord pattern used in the [Intro] and first [Verse] just hammer on with your pinky from A6 to Amaj7 on the 1st (e) string, like this:
     A6   Amaj7 A6
e|---2--2h4--4--2---|
B|---2--2----2--2---|
G|---2--2----2--2---|
D|---2--2----2--2---|
A|---0--0----0--0---|
E|------------------|
h = Hammer-on The A in the second and third [Verse] is played barred, whereas the one in the [Chorus] is played at the second fret. [Intro] E F#m A6 Amaj7 A6 [Verse]
E      F#m                               A6           Amaj7  A6
I will stroll the merry way and jump the hedges first

E            F#m                      A6              Amaj7  A6
I will drink clear clean water for to quench my thirst

E        F#m                      A6            Amaj7  A6
I'll go watch the ferry-boats and I'll get high

E       F#m                     A6          Amaj7  A6
Under a bluer ocean against the water's sky

E      F#m                          A6            Amaj7  A6
I will walk and talk in gardens all wet with rain

E      F#m                      A6         Amaj7  A6
I will never, ever, ever grow so old again
[Chorus]
E        A
Oh ohhhh, good god you're a sweet thing

E             A
Oh ohhh oh oh, good god you're a sweet thing
[Verse]
E       F#m                A                        A G#m F#m E
I shall drive my chariot down your streets and cry

E          F#m                    A                       A G#m F#m E
'Hey, it's me, tonight I'm dynamite and I don't know why'

E        F#m                       A                A G#m F#m E
You shall take me strongly in your arms again

E       F#m                        A                A G#m F#m E
I'll ask and I'll wonder if I ever felt the pain

E        F#m                     A                              A G#m F#m E
We shall walk and talk in gardens all misty and wet with rain

E              F#m                A          A G#m F#m E
I shall never, ever, ever grow so old again
[Chorus]
E        A
Oh ohhhh, good god you're a sweet thing

E             A
Oh ohhh oh oh, good god you're a sweet thing
[Verse]
E       F#m                       A                        A G#m F#m E
I shall raise my hand up into the night, to the night sky

E             F#m                    A             A G#m F#m E
And count the stars that are shining in your eye

E         F#m                         A                    A G#m F#m E
Just to dig it all an' not to wonder, that would be fine

E     F#m                A                   A G#m F#m E
Satisfied not to read in between the lines
[Chorus]
E        A
Oh ohhhh, good god you're a sweet thing

E             A
Oh ohhh oh oh, good god you're a sweet thing

E        A
Oh ohhhh, my my my my my sweet thing

E             A
Oh ohhh oh oh, good god