Aint The Reaping Ever Done
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"Ain’t The Reaping Ever Done" - Eddie Noack
A-side on the single "Ain't The Reaping Ever Done / Before You Use That Gun" (1972)
Track 15 of 30 on the album "Ain't the Reaping Ever Done? (1962-1976)" (2015)
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PygJZjGlVD8
[Intro]
C F7 C
[Verse 1]
C F C
I've been told "as you sow, so shall you reap"
C D7 G7
And the sins that you do two by two, you pay for one by one
C F C
In my younger years, I was wild and free, now those days are past and gone
C F C
But Lord, ain’t the reaping ever done?
[Chorus 1]
G7 C
Ain’t the reaping ever done? Ain't the debt ever paid?
F C Am
I work my fingers to the bone, can't even pay the interest on the loan
C F C
Oh Lord, ain’t the reaping ever done?
[Interlude]
C F C
[Verse 2]
C F C
It’s been heartache for heartache, sin for sin
C D7 G7
I’d be happy to break even, don't expect to ever win
C F7 C
But my family has gone without through no fault of their own
C F C
Now they’re paying too; ain't the reaping ever done?
[Chorus 2]
G7 C
Ain’t the reaping ever done? Ain't the debt ever paid?
F C Am
There ain’t no time to rest or stop, this harvest sure is a bumper crop
C F C
Oh Lord, ain’t the reaping ever done?
[Chorus 3]
G7 C
Ain’t the reaping ever done? Ain't the debt ever paid?
F C Am
I’m giving everything I have, I didn't know I'd run up such a tab
C F C
Oh Lord, ain’t the reaping ever done?
C F C
Oh Lord, ain’t the reaping ever done?
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