What key is "Work Song" by Hozier in?

This ukulele tab is in the key of Bb Major.

What ukulele chords does "Work Song" use?

This tab uses these chords: Bb, Cm, Gm, F.

Is "Work Song" a good ukulele song for beginners?

UkeBuddy rates this arrangement as Intermediate difficulty for ukulele.

Work Song by Hozier • Ukulele Chords

Work Song chords
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Intro

^Bb ^Cm ^Bb ^Cm

^Bb ^Cm ^Bb

^Bb ^Cm ^Bb ^Cm

^Bb ^Cm ^Bb

Verse 1

^Bb Boys workin' on empty ^Cm

Is ^Bbthat the kinda way to face the burning heat?^Cm

^Bb I just think about my baby ^Cm

I'm ^Bbso full of love I could barely eat

^Bb There's nothing sweeter than my baby ^Cm

I'd ^Bbnever want once from the cherry tree ^Cm

^Bb Cause my baby's sweet as can ^Cmbe

She ^Bbgive me toothaches just from kissin' me

Chorus

^Gm When my t^Fime comes around

^Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark ^Cmearth

^Gm No grave can ^Fhold my body down

^Gm When my t^Fime comes around

^Bb I'll crawl home to her

Verse 2

^Bb Boys, when my baby found me ^Cm

^BbI was three days on a drunken sin ^Cm

^Bb I woke with her walls around me ^Cm

^BbNothin' in her room but an empty crib

^Bb And I was burnin' up a fever ^Cm

I ^Bbdidn't care much how long I lived^Cm

^Bb But I swear I thought I dreamed her ^Cm

^Bb I'll crawl home to her

She ^Bbnever asked me once about the wrong I did

Chorus

^Gm When my t^Fime comes around

^Gm No grave can ^Fhold my body down

^Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark ^Cmearth

^Gm No grave can ^Fhold my body down

^Bb I'll crawl home to her

Chorus

^Gm When my t^Fime comes around

^Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark ^Cmearth

^Gm No grave can ^Fhold my body down

^Cm Lay me gently in the cold dark ^Bbearth

^Bb I'll crawl home to her

Verse 3

^Bb My babe would never fret none ^Cm

A^Bbbout what my hands and my body done ^Cm

^Bb If the Lord don't forgive me ^Cm

I'd ^Bbstill have my baby and my babe would have me

I ^Cmdidn't care much how long I lived^Bb

^Bb When I was kissing on my baby^Cm

And ^Bbshe put her love down soft and swe^Cmet

^Bb In the low lamp light, I was^Cm free

^BbHeaven and hell were words to me

Chorus

^Gm When my t^Fime comes around

^Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark ^Cmearth

^Gm No grave can ^Fhold my body down

A^Cmbout what my hands and my body done ^Bb

^Bb I'll crawl home to her

Chorus

^Gm When my t^Fime comes around

^Gm No grave can ^Fhold my body down

^Bb Lay me gently in the cold dark ^Cmearth

^Gm No grave can ^Fhold my body down

^Bb I'll crawl home to her

Outro

^Bb ^Cm ^Bb ^Cm

^Bb ^Cm ^Bb ^Cm ^Bb

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