{"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":191034,"song":"Counting Down The Hours","artist":"Ted Leo and The Pharmacists","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11218119-counting-down-the-hours-chords-by-ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/191034?type=chord","rating":4.81914,"votes":24,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInnocence, it don't come easy - in a sense it never will[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAccidents mean no one's guilty, ignorance means someone's killed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I asked our Mr. Mellor how to get to where one's going[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he points to his survival, and he points me down the road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs I go on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWondering if I've got a soul and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCounting down the hours 'til it goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn a dark wet night in April, on a street in Jersey where[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nI went looking for some writing that I knew would not be there[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a punter from the Pelhams and the police, in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nWere concerned more with a car than with the fact the light had changed[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut after listening all morning, as I drove down 95[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nTo a story of detainees who were barely kept alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI could deal with trying to process pigeons acting like they're doves[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut not with interference from the power lines above[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs I go on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWondering if I've got a soul and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCounting down the hours 'til it goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And oh, precautions, yes precautions[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nBut if you're playing with a gun, you could kill someone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And in the dark it's hard to know a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nBut I'm not angry, I won't be forever angry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs I'm walking toward tomorrow with a rifle in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm thinking about New England, and I'm missing old Japan[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a mountain in California where a spring runs hot and cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd if I told you I felt ageless, would you tell me I'm not old?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs I go on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWondering if I've got a soul and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCounting down the hours 'til it goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWondering if I've got a soul and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCounting down the hours 'til it goes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm    C    Am    G  D/F#\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nG\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nEm    C    Am    G  D/F#\nEm    C    Am    G\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG","chords":["Em","C","Am","G","D/F#","D"],"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]}}}