{"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":1666950,"song":"Catcher In The Rye","artist":"Sammy Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11347612-catcher-in-the-rye-chords-by-sammy-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1666950?type=chord","rating":4.99184,"votes":6,"content":"Sammy uses some odd timings in the song, like throwing in an extra 2/4 measure between alternate verses,\r\nbut it works perfectly well in 4/4 signature.\r\n\r\nCapo on 2 for the original on the\"Song For Patty\" album (it will still be off with the original if you \r\ntry to play along due to a change in tape speed during mastering).\r\n\r\nCapo on 3 for the version on \"Sammy Walker\"\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x 2\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna catch me a ride on the subway car[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's heading for the Old North Star[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd leave my troubles stranded on the mainland[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna crown the god of night with light[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd pull myself clean outta sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd turn the phony world I live to sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI would gladly sail away [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd never mind a word you say[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're just the figments of your imagination[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nCast your riddles at my head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout the way I must be fed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUpon your rules and schools of institutions[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy Lord why[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWere the mountains built so high?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the shoals of the Sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes get lonely?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy Lord why[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMust I learn to testify?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen all I want to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs just a catcher in the rye?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to dream within a scheme[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat says your soul can't be redeemed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Silent Night is heard outside my window[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nDays are long and ways are short[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd nights are left with no resort [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nExcept to listen to the lonesome wind blow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy Lord why[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWere the mountains built so high?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the shoals of the Sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes get lonely?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy Lord why[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMust I learn to testify?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen all I want to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs just a catcher in the rye?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you can't seem to find the aim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the rules set for the game[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey'll throw you in a school of restitution[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll look you in the eye and grin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd say \"I'd like to be your friend\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd wear a sign reads \"Long Live Execution\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy Lord why[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWere the mountains built so high?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the shoals of the Sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes get lonely?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy Lord why[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMust I learn to testify?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen all I want to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs just a catcher in the rye?[/tab]","plain_text":"Sammy uses some odd timings in the song, like throwing in an extra 2/4 measure between alternate verses,\nbut it works perfectly well in 4/4 signature.\n\nCapo on 2 for the original on the\"Song For Patty\" album (it will still be off with the original if you \ntry to play along due to a change in tape speed during mastering).\n\nCapo on 3 for the version on \"Sammy Walker\"\n\nIntro: G D C D x 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:","chords":["G","D","C"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}