{"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":1005978,"song":"Home From The Forest","artist":"Ronnie Hawkins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11222121-home-from-the-forest-chords-by-ronnie-hawkins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1005978?type=chord","rating":4.93531,"votes":4,"content":"Home From The Forest: Ronnie Hawkins.\r\n#29 in 1970.\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the neon lights were flashing, and the icy wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\ndid blow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe water seeped in..to his shoes, and the drizzle [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nturned to snow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis eyes were red, his hopes were dead and the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nwine was running low..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the old man came home..from the forest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis tears fell on the sidewalk as he stumbled in the street.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA dozen faces stopped to stare but no one stopped to speak.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFor his castle was a hallway and the bottle was his friend..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the old man stumbled in..from the forest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp a dark and dingy staircase, the old man made his way..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhis ragged coat around him as up..on his cot he lay.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd he wondered how it happened, that he ended up this way..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\ngetting lost like a fool..in the forest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd as he lay there sleeping, a vision did appear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUpon his mantle shining..a face of one so dear..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nwho had loved him in the Springtime of a long forgotten year..[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen the wildflowers did bloom..in the forest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe touched his grizzled fingers and she called him by his name.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games..[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nin an old house on a hillside in some forgotten town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhere the river runs down..from the forest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#6.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a mighty roar the big jets soar above the canyon streets.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd the con men con but life goes on, for the city never sleeps.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd for an old forgotten soldier, the dawn will come no more..[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor the old man has come home..from the forest.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes, the old man has come home..from the forest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Home From The Forest: Ronnie Hawkins.\n#29 in 1970.\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\n#6.\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\nA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["D","G","F#m","Bm","A","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}