{"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":1482056,"song":"Private Hell","artist":"The Jam","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11269334-private-hell-chords-by-the-jam/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1482056?type=chord","rating":4.6107,"votes":39,"content":"All chords are played with barre chords, you'll have to figure out the rhythm yourself.\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCloser than close - you see yourself - a mirrored image[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nof what you wanted to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs each day goes by - a little more -  you can't remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwhat it was you wanted anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe fingers feel the lines - they prod the space - your ageing face[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe face that once was so beautiful - is still there but unrecognizable[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPrivate Hell, Private Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe man who you once loved - is bald and fat - and seldom in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nworking late as usual[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYour interest has waned - you feel the strain - the bed springs snap[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\non the occasions he lies upon you - close your eyes and think of nothing but[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPrivate Hell, Private Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThink of Emma - wonder what she's doing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nher husband Terry - and your grandchildren[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThink of Edward - who's still at college[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou send him letters - which he doesn't acknowledge[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause he don't care - they don't care[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause they're all going through their own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPrivate Hell, Private Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe morning slips away - in a valium haze - and catalogues[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand numerous cups of coffee[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the afternoon - the weekly food - is put in bags[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nyou float off down the high street[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe shops windows reflect - play a nameless host - to a closet ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\na picture of your fantasy - a victim of your misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPrivate Hell, Private Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|---------------------|\r\nB|---------------------|\r\nG|---------------------|\r\nD|--------------5-5----| x8\r\nA|------5--3-3---------|\r\nE|-3-3-----------------|\r\nThink of Emma - wonder what she's doing\r\nher husband Terry - and your grandchildren\r\nThink of Edward - who's still at college\r\nyou send him letters - which he doesn't acknowledge[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause he don't care - they don't care[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause they're all going through their own[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPrivate Hell, Private Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|---------------------|\r\nB|--------19--19-------|\r\nG|-----18--------18----|\r\nD|--16--------------16-|\r\nA|---------------------|\r\nE|---------------------|[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAlone at 6 o'clock - you drop a cup - you see it smash[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ninside you crack - you can't go on  - but you sweep it up[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSafe at last inside your - Private Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSanity at last inside your - Private Hell[/tab]","plain_text":"All chords are played with barre chords, you'll have to figure out the rhythm yourself.","chords":["Em","C","D","G","A","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}