{"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":1100071,"song":"The Locket","artist":"Lauren Alaina","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11244438-the-locket-chords-by-lauren-alaina/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1100071?type=chord","rating":4.88329,"votes":11,"content":"Verse 1\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t         [ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack in 41 you met a brown eyed boy who called you pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t \t        [ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe’d walk every day couple miles out of his way to hold your hand and keep you company[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t       [ch]G[/ch]\t  [ch]C[/ch]\t\t  [ch]G[/ch]\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYour mama said don’t call it love at 14 but sitting on that front porch swing[/tab]\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t      [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeft it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way it felt when he held your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you swore that you would never take it off and the butterflies you felt said it all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nYou were falling with a boy inside your locket[/tab]\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t     [ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack in 43 that brown eyed boy went overseas and had to leave town for a little while[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t    [ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t\r\nHe swore he’d marry you soon as the war was through you would be his wife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nStanding in the pouring rain you cried as you watched him ride away[/tab]\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\t\t\t   [ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t\t\r\nBut every day you had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t    [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeft it right beside your heart so you would not forget the way his kiss tasted on your lips[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]\t    [ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\r\nAnd every day felt like a lifetime with him gone and you pray that god would bring him safely home[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nCuz you made a promise to the boy inside your locket[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\t     [ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh 60 years you 2 had together he’s been gone for a couple now [/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ve been writing all your memories down[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t    [ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I stop by today to read a couple pages[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrandma you sure look pretty and you smile that smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\t\t     [ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe one I haven’t seen in quite a while and you said to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]Dsus[/ch] \t    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI want you to keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis picture in a locket that I wore around my neck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]\t   [ch]Em[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe one I left beside my heart so I would not forget the greatest love[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the greatest man I’ve ever known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]\t[ch]G[/ch]\t\t\r\nBut it’s getting time for me to head on home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe said that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don’t wanna keep him long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeaven is calling and she said my heart is longing for the boy inside your locket[/tab]","plain_text":"Verse 1\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n(Chorus)","chords":["G","Em","C","D","D/F#","Dsus"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}