{"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":1077401,"song":"Making Hay","artist":"Dan Tyminski","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11238391-making-hay-chords-by-dan-tyminski/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1077401?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Capo 2nd fret\r\n\r\nIntro guitar play\r\n\r\nIC--C--G-I----I----I\r\nIF--F--C-I----I----I\r\nIF--F--C-I----I----I\r\nIG--G--F-I----I----I\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe never went to school beyond the day he turned sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I can’t say that I know being that poor really means[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe wouldn’t be mistaken for a man of high degree[/tab]\r\n            F                C         (play second half of intro here)\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2 (same as the other verses, without 'intro'-ending)\r\n \r\nThe first thing I remember till the day I moved away\r\nUp at every morning I don’t believe he missed a day\r\nIt was always after sundown when he pulled up in the yard\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe'd put me on the tractor and let me drive into the barn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPlow or planter, rake or baler, they were all the same to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I grow up a farmer is all I ever wanna be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know that he was tired but he would sit and watch me play[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             (Play full intro)\r\nIn my imagination I was really making hay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nI graduated high-school just before I turned eighteen\r\nTwo years into college when I had a change of dreams\r\nI’d wear a damned old necktie like those city fellows do\r\nAnd move out in the suburbs like a million other fools\r\n\r\nI met a brown haired beauty who was sweet as she could be\r\nThe day that we were married he stood right there next to me\r\nI knew that he was tired and he seemed so out of place\r\nHe never said a word but it was written on his face\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nI couldn’t read the signs that she was falling out of love\r\nLonely turned to lonelier till she finally had enough\r\nSo I packed up my suits and ties and gave them all away\r\nAnd headed for the country just in time for making hay\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nNo I won’t be mistaken for a man of high degree\r\n'Cause I was born a farmer and that’s all I’ll ever be\r","plain_text":"Capo 2nd fret\n\nIntro guitar play\n\nIC--C--G-I----I----I\nIF--F--C-I----I----I\nIF--F--C-I----I----I\nIG--G--F-I----I----I\n\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n            F                C         (play second half of intro here)\n\n\nVerse 2 (same as the other verses, without 'intro'-ending)\n \nThe first thing I remember till the day I moved away\nUp at every morning I don’t believe he missed a day\nIt was always after sundown when he pulled up in the yard\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI graduated high-school just before I turned eighteen\nTwo years into college when I had a change of dreams\nI’d wear a damned old necktie like those city fellows do\nAnd move out in the suburbs like a million other fools\n\nI met a brown haired beauty who was sweet as she could be\nThe day that we were married he stood right there next to me\nI knew that he was tired and he seemed so out of place\nHe never said a word but it was written on his face\n\n[Chorus]\nI couldn’t read the signs that she was falling out of love\nLonely turned to lonelier till she finally had enough\nSo I packed up my suits and ties and gave them all away\nAnd headed for the country just in time for making hay\n\n[Outro]\nNo I won’t be mistaken for a man of high degree\n'Cause I was born a farmer and that’s all I’ll ever be","chords":["C","G","F","Am"],"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}