{"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":1481932,"song":"A Couple Acres Greener","artist":"Mipso","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11269287-a-couple-acres-greener-chords-by-mipso/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1481932?type=chord","rating":4.80438,"votes":32,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] - [ch]Cdim[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ve never been so hungry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nSeems like twenty-two years I’ve been looking for a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever stayed in school for long,    couldn’t keep my patience on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\n   Never had the motivation quite to get my timing right[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   I want my story to begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere’s a time to save up and a time to spend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m too young for the past tense[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Cdim[/ch]  [ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]Cdim[/ch]    [ch]D#dim[/ch]    [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\nAll this worrying about what might have been[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Should have been a preacher man, let the good book show me where to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nStand in this earthly half-way home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Should have been a farmin’ man, teach my boy to plow the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Cdim[/ch]          \r\nLeave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go[/tab]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI’ve never been so thirsty to get my soul right[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nBut like a summer bug I’ve been burned by the blinding light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever stayed in church for long, poplar pews ‘n white folks songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nSunday morning never was as real as Friday Night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I want to celebrate my sins[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere’s a time to save up and a time to spend[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI’m too young for the past tense[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Cdim[/ch]  [ch]Cdim[/ch] [ch]Cdim[/ch]    [ch]D#dim[/ch]    [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\nAll this worrying about what might have been[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Should have been a preacher man, let the good book show me where to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nStand in this earthly half-way home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Should have been a farmin’ man, teach my boy to plow the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nLeave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Cdim[/ch]    [ch]D#dim[/ch]    [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge] (one strum each)\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Some day they’ll write my name up on a[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStone and I won’t be there to see it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Cdim[/ch]   [ch]Cdim[/ch]   [ch]Cdim[/ch]   [ch]D#dim[/ch]   [ch]F#dim[/ch]\r\n    Up on Calv’ry calling me I know they’ll say . . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Should have been a preacher man, let the good book show me where to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nStand in this earthly half-way home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Should have been a farmin’ man, teach my boy to plow the land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Cdim[/ch]\r\nLeave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     N.C.\r\nShould have been a preacher man, let the good book show me where to[/tab]\r\nN.C.\r\nStand in this earthly half-way home\r\nN.C.\r\nShould have been a farmin’ man, teach my boy to plow the land\r\nN.C.\r\nLeave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go\r\n\r\n\r\n==================================\r\n\r\nJoseph Terrell plays the Cdim as follows:\r\n\r\nx3424x\r\n\r\nThen slides it up three frets for the D#dim and then slides it up three more for F#dim.","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm    C    G    D - Cdim  x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nEm    C    G    D   Cdim\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nEm    C    G    D   Cdim\nEm    C    G    D   Cdim\nEm    C    G    D   Cdim\nC     G    D    Cdim    D#dim    F#dim\n\n\n[Bridge] (one strum each)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nStand in this earthly half-way home\nN.C.\nShould have been a farmin’ man, teach my boy to plow the land\nN.C.\nLeave this wicked winter just a couple acres greener when I go\n\n\n==================================\n\nJoseph Terrell plays the Cdim as follows:\n\nx3424x\n\nThen slides it up three frets for the D#dim and then slides it up three more for F#dim.","chords":["Em","C","G","D","Cdim","D#dim","F#dim"],"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]}}}