Labour chords by
Paris Paloma (Official Version)
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Key: B minorDifficulty: Easy

Verse 1
(One, two, three)
Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Why are you hanging on
C C 
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So tight
D D 
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To the rope that I'm hanging from
Em Em 
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Off this island?
This was an escape plan
Am Am 
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(this was an escape plan)
C C 
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Carefully timed it so that we'd go
D D 
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And dive into the waves below

Pre-chorus 1
Em Em 
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G G 
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Who tends the orchards?
C C 
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Who fixes up the gables?
B B 
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Emotional torture
Em Em 
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From the head of your high table
G G 
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Who fetches the water
C C 
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From the rocky mountain spring?
B B 
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And walk back down again
C C 
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To feel your words and their sharp sting?

Chorus 1
And I'm getting fucking tired
Em Em 
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G G 
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The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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If our love died would that be the worst thing?
G G 
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For somebody I thought was my saviour
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
G G 
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The callous skin on my hands is cracking
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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If our love ends would that be a bad thing?
G G 
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And the silence haunts our bed chamber
C C 
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D D 
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You make me do too much labour

Interlude 1

Em

Am

C

D

(You make me do too much labour)

Verse 2
Em Em 
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Am Am 
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Apologies from my tongue
C C 
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And never yours
D D 
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Busy lapping from flowing cup
Em Em 
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And stabbing with your fork
I know you're a smart man
Am Am 
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(I  know you're a smart man)
C C 
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D D 
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And weaponize the false incompetence

Pre-chorus 2
It's dominance under a guise
Em Em 
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G G 
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If we had a daughter
C C 
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I'd watch and could not save her
B B 
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Emotional torture
Em Em 
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From the head of your high table
G G 
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She'd do what you taught her
C C 
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She'd meet the same cruel fate
B B 
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So now I've gotta run
C C 
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So I can undo this mistake

Chorus 2
At least I've gotta try
Em Em 
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G G 
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The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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If our love died would that be the worst thing?
G G 
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For somebody I thought was my saviour
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
G G 
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The callous skin on my hands is cracking
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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If our love ends would that be a bad thing?
G G 
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And the silence haunts our bed chamber
C C 
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D D 
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You make me do too much labour

Bridge 1
Em Em 
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All day, every day
Therapist, mother, maid
Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant
Em Em 
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Just an appendage, live to attend him
So that he never lifts a finger
Em Em 
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G G 
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Twenty-four seven baby machine
C C 
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D D 
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So he can live out his picket fence dreams
Em Em 
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G G 
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It's not an act of love if you make her
C C 
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D D 
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You make me do too much labour

Bridge 2
Em Em 
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All day, every day
G G 
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Therapist, mother, maid
C C 
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D D 
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Nymph then a virgin, nurse then a servant
Em Em 
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G G 
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Just an appendage, live to attend him
C C 
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D D 
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So that he never lifts a finger
Em Em 
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G G 
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Twenty-four seven baby machine
C C 
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D D 
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So he can live out his picket fence dreams
Em Em 
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G G 
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It's not an act of love if you make her
C C 
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D D 
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You make me do too much labour

Chorus 3
Em Em 
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G G 
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The capillaries in my eyes are bursting
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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If our love died would that be the worst thing?
G G 
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For somebody I thought was my saviour
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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You sure make me do a whole lot of labour
G G 
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The callous skin on my hands is cracking
C C 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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If our love ends would that be a bad thing?
G G 
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And the silence haunts our bed chamber
C C 
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D D 
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You make me do too much labour

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsEm Am C D G...

Chords

Em
Am
C
D
G
B
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
B: x-2-4-4-4-x

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 5

5

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

Most chord-change problems come from the strumming hand, not the fretting hand. The basic strumming course covers the patterns and timing that make any chord progression easier to play. Practice basic strumming

This is the original studio version of Labour by Paris Paloma, capturing how the song was actually played on the recording. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart keeps the exact chord voicings and capo position in the original key of B minor. It suits players who want to learn Labour the way Paris Paloma intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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