transcribed by:
robertdanielmaher (at) gmail (com)

Brown Bird - Fingers to the Bone

INTRO:
(banjo, arranged for guitar)
 Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)      Emadd2  G6|--------3-------|2-----------0---| (320000@1)|----0-----0-----|--0-----3-------|
|------0-------0-|------0---------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------0---|x3
|----------------|----------------|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

Em (022000@1)    G6 (320000@1)     Emadd4  Gmaj7|------------0---|----------------| (xx5432@1)|----0---3-------|0---------------|
|------0---0-----|----2---0-------|
|----2-------0---|----2-------4---|
|----------------|------------2---|
|0-------3-------|0-------3-------|

VERSE:
                EmI've (022000@1)worked my fingers to the bone
not a pretty little penny have I got to show
I ain't looking for much
                                              B (x2444x@1)      walkdown 
just a little bit of rest by the side of the road
           EmI (022000@1)lift my voice to the forces above
              Athe (x02220@1)Lords of labor and the Goddess of love
                Em (022000@1)       Bain't (x2444x@1)I been a good, hard working
                      INTRO
faithful servant and son

INSTRUMENTAL:
Em F#7add4 G6 Em walkdown x2

CHORUS:
         Em (022000@1)      F#7add4
then the sky turns black
        G6 (320000@1)                     Emwalkdown (022000@1)and it cracks with a thundering voice
                 Em (022000@1)                           F#7add4
work is what you are when you're breathing in and out
                G6 (320000@1)                Emwalkdown (022000@1)til your final breath falls to the floor

BRIDGE:
Em (022000@1)                Aso (x02220@1)swing down that sledgehammer through the wood
                            Ema (022000@1)little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
             Ayou (x02220@1)can lay down when the day is done
            B (x2444x@1)        walkdown
and on the seventh day
                            INTRO
you can lay in the morning sun

VERSE:
                  EmI (022000@1)want to make my home on a mountain high
just me and my lover and the big old sky
I ain't asking for much
                                                 B (x2444x@1)    walkdown
just a little bit of rest before the day that I die

EmI (022000@1)lift my voice to the forces above
              Athe (x02220@1)Lords of labor and the Goddess of love
                Em (022000@1)       Bain't (x2444x@1)I been a good, hard working
                      INTRO
faithful servant and son

INSTRUMENTAL:
Em F#7add4 G6 Em walkdown x2

CHORUS:
         Em (022000@1)      F#7add4
then the sky turns black
        G6 (320000@1)                     Emwalkdown (022000@1)and it cracks with a thundering voice
                 Em (022000@1)                           F#7add4
work is what you are when you're breathing in and out
                G6 (320000@1)                Emwalkdown (022000@1)til your final breath falls to the floor

BRIDGE:
Em (022000@1)                Aso (x02220@1)swing down that sledgehammer through the wood
                            Ema (022000@1)little test of mind over flesh oughtta do you good
get up off the ground
             Ayou (x02220@1)can lay down when the day is done
            B (x2444x@1)        walkdown
and on the seventh day
                           Emyou (022000@1)can lay in the morning sun

note: at the end they sing the bridge on top of the chorus once.  listen to the song if you want to figure out how that goes.

F#7add4: 242300