When The Chips Are Down Uke tab by Anaïs Mitchell

9 Chords used in the song: Cm, C, G, D, Gm, Gm7, Fm, Eb, Bm

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Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

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Artist: Anaïs Mitchell

Album: Hadestown

Year: 2010

Difficulty:

4.17

(Intermediate)

Key: unknownChords

{The Fates}

{tap through intro} 


Mmm

Mmm
         Cm
Mmm Mmm Mmm


{Intermission}
{Optional, this is the closest I could get to the strum! 
LMK if you have more suitable notes!} 
C {tap} C G G D C {tap}
C {tap}
C {tap} C G G D C {tap}
C {tap} C G G D C {tap}
C {tap}
C {tap} C G G D C {tap}

Gm  Cm

Gm7 Gm7    Cm
Gm7 Gm7    Cm
Gm7 Gm7    Cm
Gm7 Gm7    Cm

{ The Fates }
Cm
Life ain't easy
Gm
Life ain't fair 
   Cm                         Gm       G
A girls gotta fight for her rightful share 
Cm                           Fm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Eb            Gm
Now that the chips are down
Cm                           Gm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Cm           G         Cm
Now that the chips are down

Cm
Help yourself,
Gm
To hell with the rest
Cm                 Gm       G
Even the one who loves you best
Cm                           Fm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Eb            Gm
Now that the chips are down
Cm                           Gm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Cm           G         Cm
Now that the chips are down

{Eurydice}
Cm      Gm    Cm   Gm
Oh, my aching heart

{Fates}
Cm                           Fm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Cm           G         Cm
Now that the chips are down


Cm
Take if you can, 
Gm
give if you must
Cm                Gm         G
Ain't nobody but yourself to trust 
Cm                           Fm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Eb            Gm
Now that the chips are down
Cm                           Gm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Cm           G         Cm
Now that the chips are down

Cm
Aim for the heart,
Gm
shoot to kill. 
Cm                           Gm         G
If you don't do it, then the other one will
Cm                           Fm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Eb            Gm
Now that the chips are down
Cm                           Gm
Whatchya gonna do when the chips are down
Cm           G         Cm
Now that the chips are down

          Cm             G
And the first shall be first
         Eb           G
And the last shall be last
Cm         Bm        Eb
Cast your eyes to heaven 
                        Cm
You get a knife in the back


Cm         Eb
Nobody's righteous
Cm        G
Nobody's proud
Cm       Eb
Nobody's innocent
Cm             G        Cm
Now that the chips are down

Cm
Now that the
G
Now that the
Eb
Now that the
G
Now that the
Cm             G        Cm
Now that the chips are down.