What key is "Work Song" by Hozier in?

This ukulele tab is in the key of B Major.

What is the easiest key to play "Work Song" by Hozier on ukulele?

The easiest key to play "Work Song" on ukulele is C Major. Transpose this tab +1 half steps from the original key of B Major.

What ukulele chords does "Work Song" use?

This tab uses these chords: B, C#m, G#m, 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

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Intro

^B ^C#m ^B ^C#m

^B ^C#m ^B

^B ^C#m ^B ^C#m

^B ^C#m ^B

Verse 1

^B Boys workin' on empty ^C#m

Is ^Bthat the kinda way to face the burning heat?^C#m

^B I just think about my baby ^C#m

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

^B There's nothing sweeter than my baby ^C#m

I'd ^Bnever want once from the cherry tree ^C#m

^B Cause my baby's sweet as can ^C#mbe

She ^Bgive me toothaches just from kissin' me

Chorus

^G#m When my t^F#ime comes around

^B Lay me gently in the cold dark ^C#mearth

^G#m No grave can ^F#hold my body down

^G#m When my t^F#ime comes around

^B I'll crawl home to her

Verse 2

^B Boys, when my baby found me ^C#m

^BI was three days on a drunken sin ^C#m

^B I woke with her walls around me ^C#m

^B Lay me gently in the cold dark ^C#mearth

^BNothin' in her room but an empty crib

^B And I was burnin' up a fever ^C#m

I ^Bdidn't care much how long I lived^C#m

^B But I swear I thought I dreamed her ^C#m

She ^Bnever asked me once about the wrong I did

Chorus

^G#m When my t^F#ime comes around

^B Lay me gently in the cold dark ^C#mearth

^G#m No grave can ^F#hold my body down

^B I'll crawl home to her

Chorus

^G#m When my t^F#ime comes around

^B I woke with her walls around me ^C#m

^B Lay me gently in the cold dark ^C#mearth

^G#m No grave can ^F#hold my body down

^B I'll crawl home to her

Verse 3

^B My babe would never fret none ^C#m

A^Bbout what my hands and my body done ^C#m

^B If the Lord don't forgive me ^C#m

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

^B When I was kissing on my baby^C#m

^B Lay me gently in the cold dark ^C#mearth

And ^Bshe put her love down soft and swe^C#met

^B In the low lamp light, I was^C#m free

^BHeaven and hell were words to me

Chorus

^G#m When my t^F#ime comes around

^B Lay me gently in the cold dark ^C#mearth

^B My babe would never fret none ^C#m

^G#m No grave can ^F#hold my body down

^B I'll crawl home to her

Chorus

^G#m When my t^F#ime comes around

^B Lay me gently in the cold dark ^C#mearth

^G#m No grave can ^F#hold my body down

^B I'll crawl home to her

Outro

^B ^C#m ^B ^C#m

^B ^C#m ^B ^C#m ^B

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