Take Up Your Spade chords

Sara Watkins

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Simplify chords 

  			
Intro: D A G D (x2) 

Verse 
D             G 
Sun is up, a new day is before you 
D          G                      
Sun is up, wake your sleepy soul 
D          G 
Sun is up, hold on to what is yours 
D            A         G 
Take up your spade and break ground 

Instrumental 
D A G D (x2) 

Verse 
      D          
Shake off your shoes 
      G           D 
Leave yesterday behind you 
      D 
Shake off your shoes 
      G 
But forget not where you've been 
      D 
Shake off your shoes 
   G              D 
Forgive and be forgiven 
D            A         G 
Take up your spade and break ground 

Instrumental 
D A G D (x4) 

Verse 
D                G 
Give thanks, for all that you've been given 
D                G 
Give thanks, for who you can become 
D                     G 
Give thanks, for each moment and every crumb 
D            A         N.C. 
Take up your spade and break ground 


D A G D (until end) 
Break ground, break ground, break ground