{"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":2764549,"song":"The Merlin Café","artist":"Allan Taylor","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11114282-the-merlin-cafe-tab-by-allan-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2764549?type=tab","rating":0.05713,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Merlin Café is empty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSave for a drunk or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe waitress is waiting on going[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd I've quit waiting on you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMidnight lovers are all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe dream in impossible ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the faded light we come alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd hide away from the days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA song will last forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA single dream goes far[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLoneliness strips you down to the bone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThat's when you know who you are[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause you pay the price for choosing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night instead of day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's never just a case of losing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut throwing it all away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll write you a song in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll sing it for you someday[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll say all the things I should have said[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore you went away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe joker in his reverie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTakes another glass of wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe poet watches carefully[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd writes another line[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA joker's just a dreamer[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho got lost along the way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd dreamers can be poets[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn this crazy cabaret[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI remember an old man passing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHis time was slipping away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was holding his hand and waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause there was something he wanted to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Friends in times of trouble[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey are the hardest to find[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHold on to them forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd leave the rest behind\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll write you a song in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll sing it for you someday[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll say all the things I should have said[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore you went away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm  F  G  Dm\nAm  F  G  Dm\nF  C  G  Am\nAm  F  G  Dm    G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm  F  G  Dm\nAm  F  G  Dm\nF  C  G  Am\nAm  F  G  Dm    G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nDm    G    Dm    G    Am","chords":["Am","F","G","Dm","C","A"]}