Chimbley Sweep Uke tab by Decemberists

7 Chords used in the song: E7, Am, A, D7, C, G, F

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Artist: Decemberists

Album: Her Majesty The Decemberists

Year: 2003

Difficulty:

2.93

(Beginner)

Key: unknownChords

Intro: E7, Am

Am
I am a chimbley, 
   E7
a chimbley sweep 
     D7 
No bed to lie, 
                             Am
no shoes to hold my feet 
Upon the rooftops
     E7
in dead of night
          D7
You'll hear me cry,
                                   Am
I'll shake you from your sleep 
              C
Hear me weep 
G                             F
your day will come in peace


Am           C            F            D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy 
    Am         E7            Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep


Am
I am an orphan, 
     E7
an orphan boy 
       D7
I've known no love, 
                             Am
I've seen no mother's joy 
a dirty doorstep
      E7
my cradle laid 
       D7
my fortune's made,
                                  Am
I'll shake you from your sleep 

              C
Hear me weep 
G                              F
your day will come in peace


Am           C            F            D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy 
    Am         E7            Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep


Am
Oh, lonely urchin
       E7
the widow cried
      D7
i've not been swept
                                      Am
since the day my husband died
her cheeks a-blushing
      E7
her legs laid bare 
       D7
and shipwrecked there, 
                                   Am
I'll shake you from your sleep 

              C
Hear me weep 
G                              F
your day will come in peace


Am           C            F            D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy 
    Am         E7            Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep

Am           C            F             D7
For I am a poor and a wretched boy 
    Am         E7            Am
A chimbley, chimbley sweep

Uke tab by starkidspell, 15 Aug 2011

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Just_Me_Lina

(Morganfield)

This is my favorite Decemberists song and this s dead on for the most part. The only critique I have is that the G shouldn't be on "your" but rather I think it should be on the next word ("day"). The chord progression seems to fit more naturally and truer to the song changing to G on 'day' instead of 'your'

03 Dec 2011

Skogan

(Long Grove)

love it, big smile :)

16 Oct 2011