{"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":166912,"song":"Smoke And Strong Whiskey","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11216256-smoke-and-strong-whiskey-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/166912?type=chord","rating":4.92071,"votes":65,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKids wear white garters and smell like their mothers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhose husbands and fathers alike[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDrink black beer in the same public houses[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmelling of smoke and strong whiskey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMammies and daddies and skipping ropes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLectures from priests, living in hope[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey've not mistaken the brand of their coats[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPaid for by their spiritual teachings[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA busy year this, the streets running red[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow many sent to a nuptial bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd how many sent home to a winter of graves[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how many wait in for the slaughter[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh          the holy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]               \r\nCeud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh          the holy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's Easter again and we cannot forget[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBrothers and sisters and all that was said[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo practice your pipes, stand proud in the wet[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the eyes of the world are upon you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGod in his mercy has given us men[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo lead us to peace but they can't bring an end[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the profits that pay off the lease on the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe still send them over the water[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeventeen years and Kelly's a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho stands on the street with a gun in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's Protecting the pipers that play in the band[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the enemy waits with an army[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh            the holy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCeud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh            the holy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDia le hEireann, suckle the empire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDia le hEireann, suffer the loss[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf the green to the blue while the media feeds[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the blood and the pain and the hatred[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFather walks home on the colourless night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the organisation has blinded his sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis wife and his kids are sleeping tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the arms of sweet Jesus and Mary[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh            the holy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCeud mile failte, there's saints and there's scholars to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh             the holy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe far away hills ain't as green as they once used to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat to Fade)","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC G       C G      C G      C G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nC G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC G\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nEm      Am      Em      Am\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nC G\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nEm      Am      Em      Am\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\nC G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat to Fade)","chords":["C","G","D","A","Am","Em"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}