{"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":272389,"song":"The Evictions","artist":"Goats Don't Shave","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11220698-the-evictions-chords-by-goats-don-t-shave/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/272389?type=chord","rating":4.83556,"votes":10,"content":"Goats Don't Shave\r\nThe Evictions\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus[/ch]                                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMy name it is Sweeney, a father of two sons I am,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nA cottier tenant, like many a true mountain man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus[/ch]                                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMy wife fell to famine and my heart will never repair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nBut worse was to come in the form of a John George Adair.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus[/ch]                                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe news in the valley, a stranger had bought up land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nSoon twenty eight thousand aces he would command,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus[/ch]                                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut we were to learn that the blood in his body ran cold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]             [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nFor the suffering of the poor was John Adair's goal.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe hills and the mountains know your name,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe deer even hang their heads in shame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd even the longest winter's rain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCan't wash away for the suffering and pain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf the Evictions at Derryveagh.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gsus[/ch]                                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou swore on us lies, you had us arrested and jailed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nFor the murder of Murray your agent, but justice prevailed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus[/ch]                                                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut vengeance was feasting inside of your cold Scottish heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nSo, the notice was given, the people and land they must part[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gsus[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOne morning in April, 1861[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nTwo hundred soldiers, their bayonets shone in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus[/ch]                                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLed by the sheriff they marched with the Crowbar brigade[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                    [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nAnd a widow, six daughters, a son, first homeless were made[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus\r\n\r\n[Breakdown]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Asus2[/ch]   Repeat\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Gsus[/ch]                                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTwo hundred and forty-four people made homeless that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nWhile John Adair's castle was planned for the shores of Lough Veagh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gsus[/ch]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSome to the poorhouse, some to Australia's shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Cadd9[/ch]                     [ch]Gsus[/ch]\r\nBut all said goodbye to a homeland they'd see never more[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat Chorus","plain_text":"Goats Don't Shave\nThe Evictions\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat Chorus\n\n[Breakdown]\nEm      Asus2   Repeat\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\nRepeat Chorus","chords":["Gsus","Bm","D","A","Cadd9","Em","C","G","Asus2"],"chord_diagrams":{"Asus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,0,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,0,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"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]}}}