{"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":1103490,"song":"There Was A Man","artist":"Pearls Before Swine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11245303-there-was-a-man-chords-by-pearls-before-swine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1103490?type=chord","rating":4.76439,"votes":8,"content":"I think the song is originally played without a capo starting on an A# in stead of a G - \r\nPh to Em7 on the Em in the end of each verse.\r\nCapo 3rd\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a man came to our town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe wore a suit of red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n He memorized with secret eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat he hid away in his head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe had a scar upon his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere there used to be a crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he sold his robes at the five and ten[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd lived on the edge of town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat fall he showed us a magic leaf[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat he could change to snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n He bought it partly with his grief[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd partly with his soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe scattered seeds in the alley way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe never seemed to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when you went to ask him why[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll he ever said was yes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe made a swan from waving grass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBeside a crystal shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n And a sunrise spun from broken glass[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd many things wondrous more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut then his hands began to burn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen he heard the news from the war[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen we cannot find each other he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen we can't run away any more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNext day with tears along his face[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe passed us on the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n No one thought to ask him to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he knows that we never will[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a man came to our town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe wore a suit of red[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe memorized with secret eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat he hid away in our head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"I think the song is originally played without a capo starting on an A# in stead of a G - \nPh to Em7 on the Em in the end of each verse.\nCapo 3rd\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm","chords":["A","G","Em","Am","C","D"],"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]},"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]}}}