{"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":1445554,"song":"English Curse","artist":"Frank Turner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11256578-english-curse-chords-by-frank-turner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1445554?type=chord","rating":4.60269,"votes":14,"content":"here are some hypothetical chords for the frank turner song where his backing\r\nband didn't turn up on the day of recording. or they did, but when they mixed\r\ndown the recordings they'd made someone knocked the 'solo' button next to\r\nfrank's channel and that was all that went out. or maybe he did it on purpose\r\ni don't know whatcha lookin at me for punk? either way there's just\r\nsinging which is great because it makes it all dark and mystical like the\r\natmosphere he's trying to evoke, how appropriate, if you play these chords\r\nwhile you sing it you'll destroy all that. have fun campers.\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMany years back when the old oaks were young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot long after the Northmen had come[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C#7[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]  \r\nA low and evil deed was done[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFrom the shores of Normandy King William came[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo Albion fair, King Harold to slay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]C#7[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWith greed in his heart and his scurrilous claim[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe took the land for his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe took the land for his own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow John was a blacksmith, an honest old man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe raised up his children and worked with his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]C#7[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAt his family's forge in the patch of land[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nKing William rode out after his victory[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo ravage the land in his hunger to thieve[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]C#7[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFor hunting grounds in the Wessex trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHe took the land for his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHe took the land for his own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nBut if you steal the land of an Englishman[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThen you will know this curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYour first born son's warm blood will run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nUpon the English earth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nNow King William's son was called Rufus the Red[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe took up the crown when his father was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]C#7[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd he rode the hunting grounds in his stead[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut John's curse it called out and Lord Terryl fired low[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis arrow struck Rufus with a sickening blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]C#7[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd he fell from his horse to the ground below[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd the land took him for its own[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe land took him for its own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m7[/ch]\r\nBut if you steal the land of an Englishman[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThen you will know this curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYour first born son's warm blood will run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nUpon the English earth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMany years back when the old oaks were young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNot long after the Northmen had come[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]C#7[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]  \r\nA low and evil deed was done[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of the New Forest[/tab]","plain_text":"here are some hypothetical chords for the frank turner song where his backing\nband didn't turn up on the day of recording. or they did, but when they mixed\ndown the recordings they'd made someone knocked the 'solo' button next to\nfrank's channel and that was all that went out. or maybe he did it on purpose\ni don't know whatcha lookin at me for punk? either way there's just\nsinging which is great because it makes it all dark and mystical like the\natmosphere he's trying to evoke, how appropriate, if you play these chords\nwhile you sing it you'll destroy all that. have fun campers.\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["F#m","Bm","D","A","C#7","B7","F#","E","F#m7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}