Make Hay (CHORDS) by Joanna Newsom
[Intro]~
Bb
So long | So long | So long | So long
[Verse]~
Bb
So long
Ab F# Bbm
My old friend died that way
Eb Ab F# Bbm Eb
The accumulation of time and the passing of days
Ab F#
Though she dug in her heels
Bbm Eb
Drug her wheels in the clay
[Pre-Chorus]~
Ab C
She dotted her eyes;
Gm Fm
Crossed the teasels in her leaning dray
[Chorus]~
Eb G
Where buzzards make circles
Bb D
(and tillers make hay)
Eb G Bb D
A dozen in kettle,.. comittee & wake;
Eb G
Where wind made the dust
Bb D
And sin made the snake
F C
And mama made us
Am G
But what did I make..?
[Verse]~
F
And how was I to know
G Am
Down in our old goldmine
G F
Where you were the king of the radio
G C
And I was the keeper of hi-fi
G F
And I was the queen of the rodeo
(And everybody'd know,..)
G Am
And you were the keeper of the lions;
F
And we were gored,.. and abased
And adored,.. and erased
C
All before our time..?
F G Am
It was before our time
G Am G
So how was I to know..?
Bb A
How was I to know
Eb
While tune hums
Dm Gm
And the hand strikes the gong
A
And all of us plough our row
Eb
And the notes run
Dm Gm
Out of measure and out of time and landing wrong..?
Bb F Am Bb
The day is long,.. but not so long
Ab F# Bbm
My old friend died alone
Eb Ab F# Bbm
Save for the friends and family she had known
Eb Ab
Surrounding her bed
F# Bbm
None of whom in that room
Eb
Could with certainty have said
[Pre-Chorus]~
Ab C
“I've dotted my eyes
Gm Fm
Crossed the teasels in my leaning sled
[Chorus]~
Eb G Bb D
Where buzzards make circles and tillers make hay
Eb G
In windrow and bale
Bb D
With tedder and rake;
Eb G
Where Adam made ribs
Bb D
And cattle make steak!”
F C
(And the rattling nib writes
Am G
“What did I make..?”)
[Verse]~
F
And how was I to know
G Am
Seeing my seconds pass in a line
G F
If there was a way to reckon love
G C
Except as a symptom of time..?
G F
And honey,.. it stretched out below us
Humming every note
G Am
From the lowest to the highest
G F
But even at the highest we were bored,.. and amazed
In accord,.. in a daze
C
All before our time
G F G Am
It was before our time
G F G Am
So how was I to know..?
G F G Am
How was I to know
G F G Am
How was I to know
G F A
How was I to know
Eb
While the day slows
Dm Gm
And the sun stares,.. stalling
A Eb
Into the dimming barrel of night
Dm Gm
Where the stars are falling..?
[Outro]~
Bb F
I've got no say
Am
But still
Bb F#
I'm calling for my old friend
Ab Eb Bbm
We sow and we reap,.. again
Bb
So long | So long | So long | So long
[Verse]~
Bb
So long
Ab F# Bbm
My old friend died that way
Eb Ab F# Bbm Eb
The accumulation of time and the passing of days
Ab F#
Though she dug in her heels
Bbm Eb
Drug her wheels in the clay
[Pre-Chorus]~
Ab C
She dotted her eyes;
Gm Fm
Crossed the teasels in her leaning dray
[Chorus]~
Eb G
Where buzzards make circles
Bb D
(and tillers make hay)
Eb G Bb D
A dozen in kettle,.. comittee & wake;
Eb G
Where wind made the dust
Bb D
And sin made the snake
F C
And mama made us
Am G
But what did I make..?
[Verse]~
F
And how was I to know
G Am
Down in our old goldmine
G F
Where you were the king of the radio
G C
And I was the keeper of hi-fi
G F
And I was the queen of the rodeo
(And everybody'd know,..)
G Am
And you were the keeper of the lions;
F
And we were gored,.. and abased
And adored,.. and erased
C
All before our time..?
F G Am
It was before our time
G Am G
So how was I to know..?
Bb A
How was I to know
Eb
While tune hums
Dm Gm
And the hand strikes the gong
A
And all of us plough our row
Eb
And the notes run
Dm Gm
Out of measure and out of time and landing wrong..?
Bb F Am Bb
The day is long,.. but not so long
Ab F# Bbm
My old friend died alone
Eb Ab F# Bbm
Save for the friends and family she had known
Eb Ab
Surrounding her bed
F# Bbm
None of whom in that room
Eb
Could with certainty have said
[Pre-Chorus]~
Ab C
“I've dotted my eyes
Gm Fm
Crossed the teasels in my leaning sled
[Chorus]~
Eb G Bb D
Where buzzards make circles and tillers make hay
Eb G
In windrow and bale
Bb D
With tedder and rake;
Eb G
Where Adam made ribs
Bb D
And cattle make steak!”
F C
(And the rattling nib writes
Am G
“What did I make..?”)
[Verse]~
F
And how was I to know
G Am
Seeing my seconds pass in a line
G F
If there was a way to reckon love
G C
Except as a symptom of time..?
G F
And honey,.. it stretched out below us
Humming every note
G Am
From the lowest to the highest
G F
But even at the highest we were bored,.. and amazed
In accord,.. in a daze
C
All before our time
G F G Am
It was before our time
G F G Am
So how was I to know..?
G F G Am
How was I to know
G F G Am
How was I to know
G F A
How was I to know
Eb
While the day slows
Dm Gm
And the sun stares,.. stalling
A Eb
Into the dimming barrel of night
Dm Gm
Where the stars are falling..?
[Outro]~
Bb F
I've got no say
Am
But still
Bb F#
I'm calling for my old friend
Ab Eb Bbm
We sow and we reap,.. again
