Slavin Away
The Fiery FurnacesVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Slavin away, all for you my love,
and Ive nothing to show for it
cept my dusty old book full of pictures.
Dusty old book, tell me a story
bout how I wasnt so tired
from all my slavin away.
Then play this chord progression a few times
(listen to the song and it will make sense):
I ran off,
put on corduroy knickers that I got from the coal shoveling kid
and hitch-hiked in a rickety old Ford,
hitch-hiked in a rattley old Norton side-car
down strange roads, in the purring rain, as the poet put it,
on up to St. Paul
on a cold day in the middle of the fall.
<repeat the="" same="" chord="" progression="" (am,="" c,="" f,="" am)="" for="" following="" lyrics="">
And they picked me up
for not wearing a dress
and suspended my sentence
if I wore something with a strap that was pink
and I scrubbed up good on somebodys sink.
So now Ill catch the Canadian Pacific and not be too specific,
to somewhere up north,
and get into lumber and slumber when I like
and in the spring ride down into Cheyenne on my bike.
Then play the same "Slavin Away" chord progression (Am, C, F, Am) for the
spoken word, and up until the happy part and you play this:
happy part):
Crazy dramatic part:
I could see her, looking in the mirror at me
wondering if it wasnt plain for everyone tsee
nothing ever seemed to turn out how it might be.
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Readable chord sheet for Slavin Away by The Fiery Furnaces
Slavin [Am]away, all for yo[C]u my love, and Ive[F] nothing to show for it cept my dusty old[Am] book full of pictures. Dusty ol[Am]d book, tell me a [C]story bout how I[F] wasnt so tired from all my slavin[Am] away. Then play this chord progression a few times (listen to the song and it will make sense): [A] [F#] [D] [E] [A] [F] [E] [A] [Am]I ran off, put o[C]n corduroy knickers that I got from the coal shoveling kid [F]and hitch-hiked in a rickety old Ford, [Am]hitch-hiked in a rattley old Norton side-car [Am]down strange roads, in the [C]purring rain, as the poet put it, [F]on up to St. Paul [Am]on a cold day in the middle of the fall. <repeat the="" same="" chord="" progression="" (am,="" c,="" f,="" am)="" for="" following="" lyrics=""> And they picked me up for not wearing a dress and suspended my sentence if I wore something with a strap that was pink and I scrubbed up good on somebodys sink. So now Ill catch the Canadian Pacific and not be too specific, to somewhere up north, and get into lumber and slumber when I like and in the spring ride down into Cheyenne on my bike. [A] [F#] [D] [E] [A] [F] [E] [A] Then play the same "Slavin Away" chord progression (Am, C, F, Am) for the spoken word, and up until the happy part and you play this: happy part): [A] [F#] [D] [E] [A] [F] [E] [A] Crazy dramatic part: [Am] [C] [F] [Am] I[A] could see her, l[F#]ooking in the mirror at me w[D]ondering if it wasnt pl[E]ain for everyone[A] tsee n[F]othing ever seemed to tu[E]rn out how it mi[A]ght be.