{"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":1680627,"song":"My Outstretched Arms","artist":"Half Man Half Biscuit","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11351749-my-outstretched-arms-chords-by-half-man-half-biscuit/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1680627?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"(intro) [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI asked her to meet me outside the Town Hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI had in my pocket a ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'd base-layered up with the temperature being[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWay below average for spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut she'd read the timetable like I'd read her mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when she was late to arrive[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy outstretched arms were at quarter to three[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd hers were at five forty-five.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBiding my time in the hope she'd defrost[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI busied myself at the gym[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBarbells were raised and biceps were praised[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt length I was filled with a vim[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn a cottage near Thwaite a deposit was placed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBelieving I'd still win her heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo sacrifice sanity thinking such things[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI must have been mad from the start.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(instr as verse)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow I've accepted her love lies elsewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI spend all my time in arcades[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI saw her today outside the Town Hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I pondered how pointless these shades[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor the radiance of her immortal beauty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis mortal frame can't endure[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy outstretched arms were at quarter to three[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] (to fade)\r\nAs I lay prostrate on the floor.[/tab]","plain_text":"(intro) F C  F C  F C   Bb F C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(instr as verse)","chords":["F","C","Bb","Dm","G7","A","C7","Ab","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}