We Sing Hallelujah
Richard ThompsonVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Intro
A man is like a rusty wheel
On a rusty cart
He sings his song as he rattles along
and then he falls apart.
And We'll sing hallelujah
At the turning of the year
And we work all day in the old fashioned way
'Til the shining star appears
A man is like a briar
He covers himself with thorns
he laughs like a clown when his fortunes are down
And his clothes are ragged and torn
A man is like a three string fiddle
Hanging on the wall.
He plays when somebody scrapes on the bow
Or he can't play at all.
A man is like his father
Wishes he'd never been born.
He longs for the time when the clock bell will chime
And he's dead for evermore.
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Readable chord sheet for We Sing Hallelujah by Richard Thompson
Intro [A] [E] [A] [Asus4] [E] A [A]man is like a [E]rusty wheel [A]On a rusty [E]cart He [A]sings [E/G#]his [F#m]song as he [D]rattles a[E]long and [D]then he [E]falls a[A]part. And [A]We'll sing halle[E]lujah At the [A]turning of the [E]year And we [A]work [E/G#]all [F#m]day in the [D]old fashioned [E]way 'Til the [D]shining [E]star ap[A]pears A man is like a briar He covers himself with thorns he laughs like a clown when his fortunes are down And his clothes are ragged and torn A man is like a three string fiddle Hanging on the wall. He plays when somebody scrapes on the bow Or he can't play at all. A man is like his father Wishes he'd never been born. He longs for the time when the clock bell will chime And he's dead for evermore.