{"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":1491718,"song":"When Love Was King","artist":"The Common Linnets","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11272755-when-love-was-king-chords-by-the-common-linnets/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1491718?type=chord","rating":4.92801,"votes":3,"content":"Intro: [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen pain didn't reign and love was king[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe could wash our hands of most anything[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI inherited my fathers sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was born and raised in the midst of it[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBefore a preacher spoke those words in vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd holy men would bow their head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor I was a man I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe older son of Abraham[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day I drowned in fire and storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI found out, what I'd always known[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI still remember, I still see[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA heart that trusts and avoids that sadness[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen pain didn't reign and love was king[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy daddy was a gambler, drinking man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShowed his love with the back of his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch] / [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNever saw him smile, not a flicker of graze[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI think he buried him with momma in a Tennesse clay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day I drowned in fire and storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI found out, what I'd always known[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI still remember, I still see[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA heart that trusts and avoids that sadness[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen pain didn't reign and love was king[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe day I drowned in fire and storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI found out, what I'd always known[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI still remember, I still see[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA heart that trusts and avoids that sadness[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen pain didn't reign and love was king[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA heart that trusts and avoids that sadness[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBack when pain didn't reign and love was king[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro: Am","chords":["Am","C","G","F","D","A"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}