{"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":1491938,"song":"Verdelle Smith - Tar And Cement","artist":"Misc Unsigned Bands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11272855-verdelle-smith-tar-and-cement-chords-by-misc-unsigned-bands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1491938?type=chord","rating":4.74042,"votes":5,"content":"Tar And Cement:Verdelle Smith.\r\n#38 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL\r\nRecords in 1966.\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe town I came from was quiet and small..[/tab]\r\n\r\nwe played in the meadows where the grass \r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\ngrew so tall.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]Gbm[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn summer the lilacs would grow everywhere..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe laughter of children would float in the air.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs I grew older I had to roam..far from my family, [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfar from my home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nInto the city, where lives can be spent..lost in [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe shadows of tar and cement.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nAnd every night I'd sit alone and learn what [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Gbm[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]   [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nloneliness meant..up in my rented room above the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nworld of tar and cement.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nEach day I'd wake up and look at the sky..think of [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe meadows where I used to lie.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen I'd remember all of that's gone..you're in the city, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou better push on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGet what you came for, before it's too late..get what [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou came for, the meadows can wait.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nAnd every night I'd sit alone and learn what [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Gbm[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]   [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nloneliness meant..up in my rented room above the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nworld of tar and cement.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMany years later, tired at last, I headed for home to [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlook for my past.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI looked for the meadows, there wasn't a trace..six lanes [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nof highway had taken their place.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere were the lilacs and all that they meant..nothing but [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nacres of tar and cement.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab]           [ch]Gbm[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYet, I can see it there so clearly, now..where has it gone?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Gbm[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nYes, I can see it there so clearly, now, where has it gone?[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nWhere are the meadows? (tar and cement)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nwhere are the lilacs? (tar and cement)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nAnd where is the tall grass? (tar and cement)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\nThe laughter of children? (tar and cement)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Gbm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNothing but acres (tar and cement)..acres and acres..[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gbm[/ch]\r\n(tar and cement) (Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Tar And Cement:Verdelle Smith.\n#38 on BB Hot 100 on CAPITOL\nRecords in 1966.\n\nINTRO: G A\n\n#1.\n\n\nwe played in the meadows where the grass \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["G","A","E","Gbm","Db","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}