{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1050972,"song":"Old Black Joe","artist":"Van Morrison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1050972-old-black-joe-chords-by-van-morrison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1050972?type=chord","rating":4.91847,"votes":16,"content":"Old Black Joe chords\r\nStephen Foster  2000 (as performed by Van Morrison)\r\n\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Win_Again_(album)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGone are the days[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen my heart was young and gay[/tab]\r\n\r\nGone are toils\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf the cotton fields away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGone to the fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf a better land, I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI hear those gentle voices callin' me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Black Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'm comin', I'm comin'\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough my head is bendin' low[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI hear those gentle voices callin' me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Black Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy do I weep, when my heart should feel no pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do I sigh that my friends come not again?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGrieving for forms now departed long ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hear their gentle voices calling Old Black Joe.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'm comin', I'm comin'\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough my head is bendin' low[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI hear those gentle voices callin' me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Black Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere are the hearts once so happy and so free?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe children so dear that I held upon my knee?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGone to the shore where my soul has longed to go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI hear their gentle voices calling Old Black Joe.[/tab]\r\nI'm comin', I'm comin'\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough my head is bendin' low[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI hear those gentle voices callin' me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Black Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\nSet8","plain_text":"Old Black Joe chords\nStephen Foster  2000 (as performed by Van Morrison)\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Win_Again_(album)\n\n\n\n\nGone are toils\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm comin', I'm comin'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm comin', I'm comin'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI'm comin', I'm comin'\n\n\n\n\nSet8","chords":["C","F","Dm","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}