{"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":1479032,"song":"Rum Runners","artist":"Robert Hunter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11268087-rum-runners-chords-by-robert-hunter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1479032?type=chord","rating":4.72259,"votes":11,"content":"Rum Runners from Tales of the Great Rum Runners 1974\r\n\r\nLyrics: Robert Hunter\r\nMusic: Robert Hunter\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere is a taste of the great rum runners[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShips that sailed the velvet harbor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrews that broke the jugs and poured your blood[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike flowing rum upon the sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSinking down, down, down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUpon the sand, upon the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUpon the hills of liquid green[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey rise to fall, they rise again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir dreams tattered sails in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere is a wail of a lone flute playing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThose not hanged, by time were slain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere is a cup of blood and tears[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHere is the wail of a hundred years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSinking down, down, down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUpon the sand, upon the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUpon the hills of liquid green[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey rise to fall, they rise again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir dreams tattered sails in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOvernight they turned to water[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo blood rang when they went to slaughter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTears were few, though sighs were heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBones were stacked in the main library[/tab]\r\n\r\n[instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTurning down, down, down[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill their dreams are touching ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRising up like gentle rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey turn to rise and fall again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRunning round and changing faces[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMarking time and keeping paces[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDucking down awhile to die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir faces melt to barren sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter all the trial and fury[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey spared the judge and hanged the jury[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo one asked the reason why[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSentence passed they turned to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTurning down, down, down[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill their dreams are touching ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRising up like gentle rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey turn to rise and fall again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir dreams tattered sails in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere is fire and bloody slaughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWritten on the leaves of water[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere is a ship with all hands singing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHere is a dock with dark men swinging[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown, down, down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUpon the sand, upon the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUpon the hills of liquid green[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey rise to fall, they rise again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir dreams tattered sails in the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHere is a taste of the great rum runners[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShips that sailed the velvet harbor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrews that broke the jugs and poured your blood[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike flowing rum upon the sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSinking down, down, down[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUpon the sand, upon the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUpon the hills of liquid green[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey rise to fall, they rise again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir dreams tattered sails in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTheir dreams tattered sails in the wind[/tab]","plain_text":"Rum Runners from Tales of the Great Rum Runners 1974\n\nLyrics: Robert Hunter\nMusic: Robert Hunter\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[instrumental]\nC Am C G Am","chords":["C","Am","G","C/G"],"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]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}