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Will It Grow

Jakob Dylan
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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.

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