{"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":1111715,"song":"The Drought","artist":"Horse Feathers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11247267-the-drought-chords-by-horse-feathers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1111715?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"simple but great song... i think both guitar and banjo follow\r\nthe same chords. The same chord pattern used throughout except\r\nfor \"it's bearing down on me...\" verse\r\n\r\nnot sure the name of one chord... i'll call it C* - 23242x\r\n\r\n\r\ncapo on the 1st (all chords relative)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUnruly type of sun, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwilling to spare no one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom the plains up to the peaks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis heat's stealing faith from the weak[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAmidst the burning breeze[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfrom the ground up through the trees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI hear the birds complain [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nabout the lack of the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it's not the same life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nhere the morning's like a knife[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the river's been bone dry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere the day is not fond of light[/tab]\r\n\r\nGlory to the night\r\nShade has been hard to find\r\nFrom the plains up to the peaks\r\nThis heat's stealing faith from the weak\r\n\r\nAmidst the burning breeze\r\nFrom the ground up through the trees\r\nI hear the birds complain about the lack of the rain\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]*\r\nIt's bearing down on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]*\r\nno clouds in the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]*\r\nI hear the pines crack and cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]*\r\n\"There's no reason to try.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd it's not the same life\r\nhere the morning's like a knife\r\nand the river's been bone dry\r\nwhere the day is not fond of light.\r\n\r\nIt's bearing down on me\r\nno clouds in the sky\r\nI hear the pines crack and cry\r\n\"There's no reason to try.\"","plain_text":"simple but great song... i think both guitar and banjo follow\nthe same chords. The same chord pattern used throughout except\nfor \"it's bearing down on me...\" verse\n\nnot sure the name of one chord... i'll call it C* - 23242x\n\n\ncapo on the 1st (all chords relative)\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\nGlory to the night\nShade has been hard to find\nFrom the plains up to the peaks\nThis heat's stealing faith from the weak\n\nAmidst the burning breeze\nFrom the ground up through the trees\nI hear the birds complain about the lack of the rain\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd it's not the same life\nhere the morning's like a knife\nand the river's been bone dry\nwhere the day is not fond of light.\n\nIt's bearing down on me\nno clouds in the sky\nI hear the pines crack and cry\n\"There's no reason to try.\"","chords":["C","Em","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}