Tom: C
C G C F C F C G
[Verse 1]
C G C
We will sow, we will sow
F C
For to bring the autumn snow
F
And our labor shall not
C G
Be for us in vain
C G C
She will grow, she will grow
F C
For to make her dresses flow
F G Am
Til' she’s seeded by the gin
C G F
Til' the mistress weaves again
C G
We will sow, we will sow
C
And she will grow
[Interlude]
C G C F C
F G Am C G F
C G C
[Verse 2]
C G C
We will weave, we will weave
F C
'Til the Master has his sleeves
F
And for good measure
C G
We’ll clasp his snaps ‘fore dawn
C G C
Never leave, never leave
F C
'Til the unison’s agreed
F G Am
That she is no longer rough
C G F
Like the hands that reap her up
C G
We will weave, we will weave
C
And never leave
[Interlude]
C F C x2
[Bridge]
F
These blistered and
G
These calloused hands
Am C
Have done no work alone
F G
We formulate, then recreate
Am C
The patterns that we’ve sown
F G
Foremost the gin, then fibers spin
Am F
It’s all we’ll ever know
[Outro]
C F
For our forebears
G
Have left us here
C F G
To reap the autumn snow
C F G
For to reap the autumn snow
C F G
We will reap the autumn snow
C G
We will sow, we will sow
C G C
And she will grow
