{"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":1096027,"song":"Biting Your Tail","artist":"Iron & Wine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1096027-biting-your-tail-chords-by-iron-wine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1096027?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":24,"content":"This  comes from this acoustic session that Sam did. It's a very simplified version. \r\nWorks for me, hopefully everyone else finds it helpful.\r\n\r\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGrcPRw6yYU\r\n\r\nCapo II\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May your eyes be wide and seeing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n May your learn from the view where you're kneeling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Know the fear of the world that you're feeling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Is the fear of a slave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May you know how the fight was started[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Want as much for the snake as the garden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Wear them both like a glove[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n That you can wave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May your mouth betray your wisdom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n May you get what they fail to mention[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May your love be your only religion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Preach it to us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May you lose what you offer gladly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n May you worship the time and it's passing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n stars won't ever wait for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n to watch them fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n We're the smoke on a burnt horizon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n We're the boat on a tide that's rising[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Both the post and the pig you're untying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Butcher gone for the blade[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Someday we may all be happy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Someday all make a face worth slapping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Someday we may be shocked to be laughing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n At the way we behave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May your hands be strong and willing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n May you know when to speak and to listen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May you find every friend that you're missing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n There's no check in the mail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May you end up bruised and purple[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Know that peace is the shape of a circle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Round and round you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Biting your tail[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Bridge: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch])\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n We're the children and the wind is whipping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n The short hands on the clock still ticking[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Both the egg and the red fox grinning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n His belly full for the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Someday we may all want nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n And all forget that we'll get what's coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Someday all say the world was something[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n That we just couldn't change[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May your tongue be soft and wicked[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Know your part in the calf and the killing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n See straight through the captain you're kissing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Helm loose in his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n May your words be well worth stealing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n Put your hand on your heart while singing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Choirs sick of the song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n But they still gotta stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"This  comes from this acoustic session that Sam did. It's a very simplified version. \nWorks for me, hopefully everyone else finds it helpful.\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGrcPRw6yYU\n\nCapo II\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Bridge: C F C G C)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n C  G  C","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}