{"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":1030526,"song":"Lock-Keeper","artist":"Stan Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11227376-lock-keeper-chords-by-stan-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1030526?type=chord","rating":4.88216,"votes":17,"content":"[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou say, \"Well-met again, Lock-keeper![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're laden even deeper that the time before[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOriental oils and tea brought down from Singapore.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs we wait for my lock to cycle[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI say, \"My wife has just given me a son.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"A son!\" you cry, \"Is that all that you've done?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe wears bougainvillea blossoms\r\nYou pluck 'em from her hair and toss 'em in the tide,\r\nSweep her in your arms and carry her inside.\r\nHer sighs catch on your shoulder\r\nHer moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through her tears\r\nAnd I say, \"How could you stand to leave her for a year?\"\r\n\r\nchorus:\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"Then come with me\" you say, \"to where the Southern Cross[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRides high upon your shoulder.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\"Come with me!\" you cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\"Each day you tend this lock, you're one day older[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhile your blood grows colder.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut that anchor chain's a fetter[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd with it you are tethered to the foam[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I wouldn't trade your life for one hour of home.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSure I'm stuck here on the Seaway\r\nWhile you compensate for leeway through the Trades;\r\nAnd you shoot the stars to see the miles you've made.\r\nAnd you laugh at hearts you've riven,\r\nBut which of these has given us more love or life,\r\nYou, your tropic maids, or me, my wife.\r\n\r\nchorus\r\nAh your anchor chain's a fetter\r\nAnd with it you are tethered to the foam,\r\nAnd I wouldn't trade your whole life for one hour of home.\r\n\r\n\r\nChords are easier transposed to D, capo 2, dropped D tuning optional.\r","plain_text":"She wears bougainvillea blossoms\nYou pluck 'em from her hair and toss 'em in the tide,\nSweep her in your arms and carry her inside.\nHer sighs catch on your shoulder\nHer moonlit eyes grow bold and wiser through her tears\nAnd I say, \"How could you stand to leave her for a year?\"\n\nchorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSure I'm stuck here on the Seaway\nWhile you compensate for leeway through the Trades;\nAnd you shoot the stars to see the miles you've made.\nAnd you laugh at hearts you've riven,\nBut which of these has given us more love or life,\nYou, your tropic maids, or me, my wife.\n\nchorus\nAh your anchor chain's a fetter\nAnd with it you are tethered to the foam,\nAnd I wouldn't trade your whole life for one hour of home.\n\n\nChords are easier transposed to D, capo 2, dropped D tuning optional.","chords":["E","C#m","B","A","F#m","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}