{"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":1678109,"song":"Harris And The Mare","artist":"Stan Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11351025-harris-and-the-mare-chords-by-stan-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1678109?type=chord","rating":4.5327,"votes":13,"content":"Tuning DADGAD capo 3\r\nIntro is finger picking in F \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F/Eb[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHarris my old friend, good to see your face again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMore welcome though yon trap and that old mare[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor the wife is in a swoon and I am all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHarris fetch thy mare and take us home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe wife and I came out for a quiet glass of stout[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a word or two with neighbours in the room[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut young Cleary he came in, drunk and wild as sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd swore the wife would leave the place with him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                           [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   \r\nBut the wife as quick as thought said “No I‘ll bloody not.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd struck the brute a blow about the head[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe raised up his ugly paw and lashed her on the jaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd she fell unto the floor like she were dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                              [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, Harris, well you know, I’ve never struck an angry blow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNor would I keep a friend who raised his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was a “Conshie” in the war, crying “What the hell’s this for?”[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I had to see his blood to be a man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                              [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI grabbed him by his coat, spun him round and took his throat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd beat his head against the parlour door.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe dragged out an awful knife and he roared “I’ll have your life.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen he struck me and I fell unto the floor.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                                 [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBlood I was from neck to thigh, bloody murder in his eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs he shouted out “I’ll finish you for sure.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut as the knife came down I lashed out from the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Gm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the knife was in his breast when he rolled o’er[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith the wife as cold as clay, I carried her away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo hand was raised to help us through the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I’ve brought her half a mile, but I’ve had to rest awhile[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd none of them I’ll call a friend the more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                            [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor when the knife came down, I was helpless on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo neighbour stayed his hand I was alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy God! I was a man, but now I cannot stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPlease, Harris, fetch thy mare and take us home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F/Eb[/ch]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh, Harris, fetch thy mare and take us out of here[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my nine and fifty years I’d never known[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat to call myself a man for my loved one I must stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, Harris, fetch thy mare, and take us home.[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning DADGAD capo 3\nIntro is finger picking in F","chords":["F","F/Eb","Bb","C","Ab","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}