{"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":1502554,"song":"The Storm","artist":"The Airborne Toxic Event","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11276408-the-storm-chords-by-the-airborne-toxic-event/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1502554?type=chord","rating":0.07727,"votes":0,"content":"The C and F chords are played slightly non-standard for ease of movement. \r\nThis is great for getting the timing and strum pattern figured out.\r\nAlso Mikel doesn't use a pick through \"like a house in a storm\", which\r\nadds a lot to the piece. The chords:\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ne|------0------0------0------|\r\nB|------1------1------1------|\r\nG|------0------2------2------|\r\nD|------2------3------2------|\r\nA|------3------3------0------|\r\nE|------3------x------x------|[/tab]\r\nThe \"~C\" represent the dramatic break in strumming of the \r\nprevious chord before beginning the C chord.\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore it took you away,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI tried to think of something I could say.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI watched the shadows in the hall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow they danced with the light and the white on the walls.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour face in these pictures looks like a poem.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour eyes lit up like a river stone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour body so much like a blanket thrown,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                      \r\nOn a warm bed at night, like a house in a storm.[/tab]\r\n\r\n~ [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then you walk right through the doorway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou tell me you're here to stay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe worst is gone and my God how long,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave you been here this way?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd I surprise myself sometimes,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe way the days unfold and this road unwinds.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou tell me you see it too,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the miles seem like inches when I think of you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIts been 25 days since I've been gone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   \r\n25 weeks since I've seen my home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI spent 25 months chasing this song,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] \r\nand all of this time I've been alone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n~ [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then you walk right through the doorway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch] \r\nYou tell me you're here to stay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe worst is gone and my God how long[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave you been here this way?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you knew it all along.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wasn't happy all along,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand your body all I wanted[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nled me to just come home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n~ [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then you walk right through the doorway.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nYou tell me you're here to stay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe worst is gone and my God how long,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHave you been here this way?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I only just learned how to stand like a man,[/tab]\r\n         \r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've got 25 years I've been running instead.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow could I see the ground at my feet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom what you gave to me when I was caught in the storm[/tab]\r\n\r\n                     End on C\r\nThat I wasn't alone","plain_text":"The C and F chords are played slightly non-standard for ease of movement. \nThis is great for getting the timing and strum pattern figured out.\nAlso Mikel doesn't use a pick through \"like a house in a storm\", which\nadds a lot to the piece. The chords:\n\n\nThe \"~C\" represent the dramatic break in strumming of the \nprevious chord before beginning the C chord.\n\nIntro:\nC\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n~ C\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~ C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n~ C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         \n\n\n\n\n\n\n                     End on C\nThat I wasn't alone","chords":["C","F","Am","B","G","D","A","E"],"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}