folk-pop, irish singer-songwriter, pop
I watched Hozier play this in some videos and this is what it looked and sounded like he was doing. [Intro/Verses] A#5/F C5/G e|------------|------------| B|------------|------------| G|------------|------------| D|------------|------------| A|-----1------|-----3------| E|-----1------|-----3------| [Chorus] Gm Fmaj A#/F Cm/G e|-----3------|-----1------|-----1------|-----3------| B|-----3------|-----1------|-----3------|-----4------| G|-----3------|-----2------|-----3------|-----5------| D|-----5------|-----3------|-----3------|-----5------| A|-----5------|-----3------|-----1------|-----3------| E|-----3------|-----1------|-----1------|-----3------| [Intro] A#5/F C5/G A#5/F C5/G A#5/F C5/G A#5/F (2x) [Verse] A#5/F C5/G Boys workin on empty A#5/F C5/G Is that the kinda way to face the burning heat? A#5/F C5/G I just think about my baby A#5/F I'm so full of love I could barely eat A#5/F C5/G There's nothing sweeter than my baby A#5/F C5/G I never want once from the cherry tree A#5/F C5/G Cause my baby's sweet as can be A#5/F She give me toothaches just from kissin me [Chorus] Gm Fmaj When, my, time comes around A#/F Cm/G ....Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm Fmaj ...No grave can hold my body down A#/F ....I'll crawl home to her [Verse 2] A#5/F C5/G ....That's when my baby found me A#5/F C5/G I was three days on a drunken sin A#5/F C5/G ...I woke with her walls around me A#5/F Nothin in her room but an empty crib A#5/F C5/G .....And I was burnin up a fever A#5/F C5/G I didn't care much how long I lived A#5/F C5/G .....But I swear I thought I dreamed her A#5/F She never asked me once about the wrong I did [Chorus] Gm Fmaj When, my, time comes around A#/F Cm/G ....Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm Fmaj ...No grave can hold my body down A#/F ....I'll crawl home to her [Chorus] Gm Fmaj When, my, time comes around A#/F Cm/G ....Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm Fmaj ...No grave can hold my body down A#/F ....I'll crawl home to her [Verse 3] A#5/F C5/G .....My baby never fret none A#5/F C5/G About what my hands and my body done A#5/F C5/G .....If the Lord don't forgive me A#5/F C5/G I'd still have my baby and my babe would have me A#5/F C5/G .....When I was kissing on my baby A#5/F C5/G And she put her love down soft and sweet A#5/F C5/G ....In the lowland plot I was free Heaven and hell were words to me [Chorus] Gm Fmaj When, my, time comes around A#/F Cm/G ....Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm Fmaj ...No grave can hold my body down A#/F ....I'll crawl home to her [Chorus] Gm Fmaj When, my, time comes around A#/F Cm/G ....Lay me gently in the cold dark earth Gm Fmaj ...No grave can hold my body down A#/F ....I'll crawl home to her [Outro] A#5/F C5/G A#5/F C5/G A#5/F