{"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":1079565,"song":"A Winter Tale","artist":"Bobby Long","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11238848-a-winter-tale-chords-by-bobby-long/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1079565?type=chord","rating":0.0717,"votes":0,"content":"I love this song.  Reminds me of Neil Young circa After the Gold Rush.  The song is in\r\nBm.  Bobby plays it with the capo on II, so I am using those chords.  Man, I tried hard\r\nto listen and watch him play.  But I know there are some mistakes, so lemme know.  As \r\nusual the formatting nails me!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:  vamp it in Am\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm pale I've brought it back to Winter Tale[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo spare the ghosts around my neck[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe winds against the sails[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm shivering up a storm of roadside pines, a[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThirst shreds the ballast cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd shows the olden times[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm bold and sorrow thrown into the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nInto the barrels of the sun I turned and found a way[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe naked branches cut the empty air[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe river birds have fled away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom all their wear and tear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          (for each line)\r\nThe covered surface hugs the board but keeps in the sky[/tab]\r\nA childhood glimpse that keeps you warm but hangs you to dry\r\nThe shameful dream the shameful face that pulls on your heart\r\nThose brittle winds will keep the dawn from you at the start\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo bring me choirs to ease me on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo bring me screams of organs for the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo bring me choirs to brighten all the gales[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo bring me screams of organs and the wails[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf winter tales[/tab]\r\n\r\nI heard a lonely voice cut through the rain\r\n\"So take away my conscious mind and take away my fame,\"\r\nTo embrace the day to cut through my only soul\r\nI'd starch my love of all its parts\r\nTo the blackness of burnt coal.","plain_text":"I love this song.  Reminds me of Neil Young circa After the Gold Rush.  The song is in\nBm.  Bobby plays it with the capo on II, so I am using those chords.  Man, I tried hard\nto listen and watch him play.  But I know there are some mistakes, so lemme know.  As \nusual the formatting nails me!\n\n\n\nIntro:  vamp it in Am\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm\n\n\n\n\nA childhood glimpse that keeps you warm but hangs you to dry\nThe shameful dream the shameful face that pulls on your heart\nThose brittle winds will keep the dawn from you at the start\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI heard a lonely voice cut through the rain\n\"So take away my conscious mind and take away my fame,\"\nTo embrace the day to cut through my only soul\nI'd starch my love of all its parts\nTo the blackness of burnt coal.","chords":["Bm","Am","C","G","F","Em","A"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}