• Song:

    Chimbley Sweep

  • Artist:

    Decemberists

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Artist: The Decemberists
Song: The Chimbley Sweep
Credit to Wrynn.CZ for the corrected chords.

Standard tuning, Capo 4

Em (022000@1)               B7 (x21202@1)I am a chimbley, a chimbley sweep
AmNo (x02210@1)bed to lie, no shoes to hold my feet
Em (022000@1)                 B7Upon (x21202@1)the rooftops in dead of night
Am (x02210@1)                                         EmYou'll (022000@1)hear me cry, I'll shake you from your sleep
           GTo (320003@1)hear me weep
      D (xx0232@1)             C"Your (x32010@1)day will come indeed
Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)      AmFor (x02210@1)I am a poor and a wretched boy
  Em (022000@1)     B7 (x21202@1)     EmA (022000@1)chimbley chimbley sweep."


Em (022000@1)            B7I (x21202@1)am an orphan, an orphan boy
AmI've (x02210@1)known no love, I've seen no mother's joy
Em (022000@1)             B7A (x21202@1)dirty doorstep my cradle laid
Am (x02210@1)                                        EmMy (022000@1)fortune's made: I'll shake you from your sleep
           GTo (320003@1)hear me weep
      D (xx0232@1)             C"Your (x32010@1)day will come indeed.
Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)      AmFor (x02210@1)I am a poor and a wretched boy
  Em (022000@1)     B7 (x21202@1)     EmA (022000@1)chimbley chimbley sweep."


 Em (022000@1)              B7"O (x21202@1)lonely urchin!" the widow cried
 Am"I've (x02210@1)not been swept since the day my husband died."
Em (022000@1)                       B7Her (x21202@1)cheeks a blushing, her legs laid bare
Am (x02210@1)                                           EmAnd (022000@1)shipwrecked there I'll shake you from your sleep
           GTo (320003@1)hear me weep
      D (xx0232@1)             C"Your (x32010@1)day will come indeed.
Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)      AmFor (x02210@1)I am a poor and a wretched boy
  Em (022000@1)     B7 (x21202@1)     EmA (022000@1)chimbley chimbley sweep."
Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)      AmFor (x02210@1)I am a poor and a wretched boy
  Em (022000@1)     B7 (x21202@1)     EmA (022000@1)chimbley chimbley sweep."


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