{"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":1669323,"song":"Solid Air","artist":"John Martyn","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11348379-solid-air-chords-by-john-martyn/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1669323?type=chord","rating":4.8588,"votes":72,"content":"Solo performance on Germany's Rockpalast (1978):\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKFZujb4Mw\r\nA# - F -C# - D# - G# -C\r\ngenerally using the same chord shapes, but they will\r\nThe chords are pretty much all one finger straight\r\nbarres across all strings. The open tuning is the\r\nOPEN TUNING:\r\nCm11 Tuning: C - G - D# -F - A# - D\r\n   Top E string - Down to D \r\n       B string - Down to A#\r\n       G string - Down to F\r\n       D string -   Up to D#\r\n       A string - Down to G\r\nBottom E string - Down to C\r\nPlaying with a low C on the 6th string requires a\r\nreal lightness of fretting technique. You will need\r\nto re-check the tuning much more often than usual\r\nquicker than in standard tuning\r\n[tab][Intro Riff]\r\n                      Fm11\r\nD  |---------------|-----5-----5-5--|\r\nA# |---------------|-----5-----5-5--|\r\nF  |---------------|-----5-----5-5--|\r\nD# |---------------|-----5-----5-5--|\r\nG  |---------------|--------5-------|\r\nC  |--0--0--12\\-0--|--5-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      Cm11           Fm11     F9sus4 Fm11\r\nD  |---------------|---5---5--5------5--|\r\nA# |---------------|---5---5--5------5--|\r\nF  |---------------|---5---5--5------5--|\r\nD# |---------------|---5---5-h7------5--|\r\nG  |----0-h3-h5-0--|-----5--------------|\r\nC  |--0------------|--5-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff for 1st & 2nd lines of the verses.\r\n   [Cm11 riff]\r\n         You've been (tak -ing your...)\r\nD  |-------------------------------|\r\nA# |-------------------------------|\r\nF  |-------------------------------|\r\nD# |-------------------------------|\r\nG  |-------0----0-----h3---h5---0--|\r\nC  |--0----------------------------|\r\n                     h = hammer-on notes[/tab]\r\n\r\nIGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website\r\ngeneric database which doesn't have this tuning as\r\n[tab]Cm11   = 0-0-0-0-0-0 or 0-5-0-0-0-0[/tab]\r\n[tab]Fm11   = 5-5-5-5-5-5  [Occasionally 5-5-5-5-5-8]\r\nF9sus4 = 5-5-7-5-5-5\r\nGm11   = 7-7-7-7-7-7\r\nFm7    = 5-5-5-7-5-6\r\nCm11 * = 0-0-0-0-12-12 [12th fret Harmonics on\r\n                        1st and 2nd strings][/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm11[/ch]         [ch]Fm11[/ch]        [ch]Cm11[/ch]       [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]F9sus4[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                          [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      You've been taking your time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F9sus4[/ch]     [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nAnd you've been living on     ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                          [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      You've been walking the line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F9sus4[/ch]     [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nYou've been living on    ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nDon't know what's going wrong inside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\nAnd I can tell you that's it's hard to hide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nWhen you're living on------[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fm11[/ch]   [ch]Fm7[/ch]  [ch]Fm11[/ch]   [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\n...Solid air----------------------![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                         [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n     You've been painting it blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F9sus4[/ch]          [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nAnd you've been looking through   ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                        [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      You've been seeing it through,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F9sus4[/ch]          [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nBut you've been looking through    ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nDon't know what's going wrong in your mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\nAnd I can tell you don't like what you find,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\nWhen you're moving through...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]          [ch]Fm11[/ch]  [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]  [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\n     ...Solid air----------,     ...solid air[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\n    I know you, I love you and I can be your friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nI could follow you    ...anywhere------,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm11[/ch]               [ch]Fm11[/ch]     [ch]F9sus4[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]   [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nEven through--- ...so - lid air-------------![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                          [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      You've been stoning 'em cold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F9sus4[/ch]     [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nYou've been living on     ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                           [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      You've been finding them cold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F9sus4[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nYou've been liv - ing    on      ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nI don't know what's going wrong inside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\nI can tell you that's it's hard to hide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cm11[/ch]      [ch]Fm11[/ch]  [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nWhen you're living on ...solid air,   ...solid air[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                          [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      You've been getting too deep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Fm7[/ch]    [ch]Fm11[/ch]  [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nYou've been living on       ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                           [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      You've been missing your sleep,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F9sus4[/ch]        [ch]Cm11[/ch]           [ch]Cm11[/ch] *\r\nAnd you've been moving through  ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nI don't know what's going wrong in your mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\nBut I know you don't like what you find,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Cm11[/ch]      [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nWhen you're moving through solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\n    ...Solid air[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\n    I know you, I love you and I can be your friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nI could follow you    ...anywhere------,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Cm11[/ch]            [ch]Fm11[/ch]     [ch]F9sus4[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]   [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nEven through ...so - lid air-------------![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                            [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n       You've been walking your line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F9sus4[/ch]     [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nYou've been walking on    ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                           [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n       You've been taking your time,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Fm7[/ch]     [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]Cm11[/ch]           [ch]Cm11[/ch] *\r\nBut you've been walking on     ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nDon't know what's going wrong inside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\nBut I can tell you that's it's hard to hide,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Cm11[/ch]      [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]F9sus4[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nWhen you're living on ...solid air------------![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                   [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      Been painting it blue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F9sus4[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]  [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nYou've been living on        ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]                            [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n      And you've been seeing it through,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F9sus4[/ch]          [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nAnd you've been moving through    ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nI don't know what's going on in your mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\nBut I can tell you don't like what you find,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Cm11[/ch]        [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nWhen you're living on     ...solid air----------,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\n   ...Solid air[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm11[/ch]\r\n    I know you, I love you and I will be your friend,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Fm11[/ch]             [ch]Fm7[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nI could follow you    ...anywhere------------,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F9sus4[/ch]   [ch]Fm11[/ch]    [ch]Cm11[/ch]          [ch]Fm11[/ch]  [ch]F9sus4[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]Cm11[/ch]\r\nEven---- through----- ...solid air-------------![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]       [ch]Fm7[/ch]  [ch]Fm11[/ch]   [ch]Cm11[/ch]                [ch]Fm7[/ch]  [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n       Ice cool------     ...solid air,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm11[/ch]  [ch]Fm11[/ch] [ch]Cm11[/ch]  [ch]Fm11[/ch]  [ch]Cm11[/ch] [ch]Fm11[/ch]     [ch]Cm11[/ch] [ch]Fm7[/ch]  [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\nNice------ cool     ...so--------lid air[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm11[/ch]         [ch]Fm11[/ch]\r\n| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm11[/ch]                                   [ch]Cm11[/ch] *\r\n | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |  /  ||[/tab]","plain_text":"Solo performance on Germany's Rockpalast (1978):\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owKFZujb4Mw\nA# - F -C# - D# - G# -C\ngenerally using the same chord shapes, but they will\nThe chords are pretty much all one finger straight\nbarres across all strings. The open tuning is the\nOPEN TUNING:\nCm11 Tuning: C - G - D# -F - A# - D\n   Top E string - Down to D \n       B string - Down to A#\n       G string - Down to F\n       D string -   Up to D#\n       A string - Down to G\nBottom E string - Down to C\nPlaying with a low C on the 6th string requires a\nreal lightness of fretting technique. You will need\nto re-check the tuning much more often than usual\nquicker than in standard tuning\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website\ngeneric database which doesn't have this tuning as\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]","chords":["A","F","C","D","G","E","B","Cm11","Fm11","F9sus4","Gm11","Fm7"]}