{"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":1667475,"song":"Mordecai","artist":"Josh Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11347821-mordecai-chords-by-josh-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1667475?type=chord","rating":0.07338,"votes":0,"content":"Capo 3 - Transpose until the G becomes a Bb to play without Capo\r\n\r\nThe lead breaks follow the lines \r\n\r\n\"We'd see him in the distance on the trail along the rim, His silver head against the mountain sky\"\r\nAnd\r\n\"Perhaps one day I'll see my home and Then he smiled and turned to go, And we all said goodbye to Mordecai\"\r\n\r\nSing those line for the rhythm and you wont have a problem \r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWe'd see him in the distance on the trail along the rim[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis silver head against the mountain sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Grandmas face would open up when she saw that it was him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she'd say Daddy grab a chair its Mordecai[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd it seemed to me he brought a country store there on his back[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs he layed it all before us on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew he'd finally reach into that ragged old back pack[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the candy that he always brought around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe Said My Papa was a wandering Jew and it's my fate to be one too[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll roam these mountain trails until I die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nPerhaps one day I'll see my home and Then he smiled and turned to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we all said goodbye to Mordecai[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOne evening when he stayed with us I saw him at his prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the last light trickled through the cabin door[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he stood before the little yellow candle burning there[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoftly speaking words I'd never heard before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd I told him how my Grandma said it troubled her mind so[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSuch a fine man wasn't washed in the blood of the lamb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe smiled and said \"Tell Grandma if it pleases her to know[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat She and I both pray to the God of Abraham\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe Said My Papa was a wandering Jew and it's my fate to be one too[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll roam these mountain trails until I die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nPerhaps one day I'll see my home and Then he smiled and turned to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we all said goodbye to Mordecai[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIt's been so long now since I've left that hillside far behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor a place I've never truly called my home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd more and more these days I see him walking in my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough the misty mountain distance all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nMordecai was a wandering Jew, in my own way I am one too[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hope to make it home before I die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd if I should ever find my way I'll light a candle at his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd say one more goodbye to Mordecai[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Capo 3 - Transpose until the G becomes a Bb to play without Capo\n\nThe lead breaks follow the lines \n\n\"We'd see him in the distance on the trail along the rim, His silver head against the mountain sky\"\nAnd\n\"Perhaps one day I'll see my home and Then he smiled and turned to go, And we all said goodbye to Mordecai\"\n\nSing those line for the rhythm and you wont have a problem \n\nG C G D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C D C G D\nD C G D G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C D C G D\nD C G D G\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C D C G D\nD C G D G","chords":["G","Bb","C","D","Am"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}