Will It Grow
Jakob DylanVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Using straight forward fingerpicking rolls, but you can vary this).
The chords for the first part of the intro are Am, F, G, Am (fifth fret):
e---------------------------------------------------------|
B--------1-------1-------3-------5------------------------|
G------2-------2-------4-------5--------------------------|
D----2-------3-------5-------7----------------------------|
A--0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
The intro then moves back to open position C. With your picking hand, move the bass line
with your thumb and pick the treble strings with your first or second (or both)
fingers(again you can vary the picking pattern if you like as this is an approximation):
e-------------------------------------------------|
B---------1----------1---------1---------1--------|
G-------0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0---0------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A----0----------3----------2----------------------|
E------------------------------------3------------|
The rest of the chords are as follows (I tried to put the changes where they occur, but
you can listen to the recordings and watch the videos to work out the exact timing):
I made a promise to not let go
Our tug of war has only made me want you more
Steeped in hard luck and doomed to roam
My love is braver than you know
My forefathers, they worked this land
And I was schooled in the tyranny of nature's plans
Dressed in thunder a cloud came around
Oh, in the shape of a lion a hand came down
Now, damn this valley and damn this cold
Well, take so long to let me know
It's plant and reap and plow and sow
But tell me, will it grow?
Play the intro again before the next verse:
Dig my ditches in the golden sun
I'd be robbing these trains if I could catch me one
Now, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday's gone
Got me stone cold sober in a drought so long
Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards
There's a boy in a water tower counting cars
Steel trap open in empty stalls
Now there's a well-worn saddle but the horse is gone
Repeat Chorus
Jet black starlit midnight rolls
I am down in the garden where I let you go
Up on the surface the earth looks round
But it's a godless city of cold flat ground
(Use the same chords as in the break for the final refrains. The embellished "oh" sound
in "Will it Grow" moves right through the chord progression.)
Will it grow oh grow oh oh x2
Will it grow?
The last line is slightly more subdued than the preceding two, but the chords stay the same.
End on the intro.
A couple of the chords you might not be familiar with:
Esus4
e--0------|
B--0------|
G--2------|
D--0------|
A--2------|
E--0------|
Fmaj7
e--0------------|
B--1------------|
G--2------------|
D--3------------|
A--3------------|
E---------------|
C/B (This is really just a transition chord to get from Am to C, it's mostly just a
"walk-up" on the bass line:
e--------------|
B--1-----------|
G--0-----------|
D--0-----------|
A--2-----------|
E--------------|
Notes on the chords used in the break and final chorus:
If you're a good fingerpicker, you can really embellish on the F chord here to find a
lot of the trademark notes. What I try to do is distill some of what the second guitar
plays into this little break. This is one of the only points where I deviate from
Jakob's use of the Fmaj7 chord in order to free up the pinkie on my left hand to play some of the
other embellishment notes.
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Readable chord sheet for Will It Grow by Jakob Dylan
Using straight forward fingerpicking rolls, but you can vary this). The chords for the first part of the intro are Am, F, G, Am (fifth fret): e---------------------------------------------------------| B--------1-------1-------3-------5------------------------| G------2-------2-------4-------5--------------------------| D----2-------3-------5-------7----------------------------| A--0-------0-------0-------0------------------------------| D---------------------------------------------------------| The intro then moves back to open position C. With your picking hand, move the bass line with your thumb and pick the treble strings with your first or second (or both) fingers(again you can vary the picking pattern if you like as this is an approximation): e-------------------------------------------------| B---------1----------1---------1---------1--------| G-------0---0------0---0-----0---0-----0---0------| D-------------------------------------------------| A----0----------3----------2----------------------| E------------------------------------3------------| The rest of the chords are as follows (I tried to put the changes where they occur, but you can listen to the recordings and watch the videos to work out the exact timing): [Am]I made a promise to[Fmaj7] not let [C]go Our tug of war has only made [G]me want you [Fmaj7]more Steeped in [G]hard luck and [C]doomed to r[Fmaj7]oam My love is b[G]raver than you kn[Am]ow [Am]My forefathers, they [Fmaj7]worked this l[C]and And I was schooled in the tyranny [G]of nature's [Fmaj7]plans Dressed in [G]thunder a [C]cloud came a[Fmaj7]round Oh, in the shape of a lion a[G] hand came d[Am]own [Am]Now, damn this valley an[Fmaj7]d damn this c[C]old Well, take so long to let me[Am] know [Am]It's plant and reap and [Fmaj7]plow and [C]sow [C]But tell me, will it [Esus4]grow? Play the intro again before the next verse: [Am] Dig my ditches in the[F] golden s[C]un I'd be robbing these trains if I cou[G]ld catch me o[F]ne Now, Sunday, [G]Monday and[C] Tuesday's [F]gone Got me stone cold sober in[G] a drought so [Am]long Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards There's a boy in a water tower counting cars Steel trap open in empty stalls Now there's a well-worn saddle but the horse is gone Repeat Chorus [Am] [G/B] [C] [G] [F] Jet black starlit midnight rolls I am down in the garden where I let you go Up on the surface the earth looks round But it's a godless city of cold flat ground (Use the same chords as in the break for the final refrains. The embellished "oh" sound in "Will it Grow" moves right through the chord progression.) Will it g[Am]row [G/B]oh gr[C]ow [G]oh [Fmaj7]oh x2 Will it grow? The last line is slightly more subdued than the preceding two, but the chords stay the same. End on the intro. A couple of the chords you might not be familiar with: [Esus4] e--0------| B--0------| G--2------| D--0------| A--2------| E--0------| [Fmaj7] e--0------------| B--1------------| G--2------------| D--3------------| A--3------------| E---------------| C/B (This is really just a transition chord to get from Am to C, it's mostly just a "walk-up" on the bass line: e--------------| B--1-----------| G--0-----------| D--0-----------| A--2-----------| E--------------| Notes on the chords used in the break and final chorus: [Am]If y[G/B]ou're[C] a [G]goo[Fmaj7]d fingerpicker, you can really embellish on the F chord here to find a lot of the trademark notes. What I try to do is distill some of what the second guitar plays into this little break. This is one of the only points where I deviate from Jakob's use of the Fmaj7 chord in order to free up the pinkie on my left hand to play some of the other embellishment notes.