{"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":1684737,"song":"Left For America","artist":"Ciaran Lavery","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11352926-left-for-america-chords-by-ciaran-lavery/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1684737?type=chord","rating":4.66856,"votes":18,"content":"Standard Tuning\r\nCapo 4\r\n\r\nHe plays C as: x32013 (relative to capo)\r\n\r\n\r\n* means you only strum once\r\nCmaj7 refers to: 320010 (I don't know the proper name of this chord)\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLay me on my back a little and put my hat on my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nI want to sleep out with the stars, not in the dark with the dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I’m ready I’ll give you the sign, you can gather me up like a quilt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nTell my mother I tried, tell my cousin I lied; I was holding your hand out of guilt[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey never paid my way – I bought it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never stole your heart – I sought it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] ....\r\nI never knew my place anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCover me up with a thousand whispers and shuffle me into the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am7[/ch]                       [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nWhistle and hum to the traffic rum, calling us closer to the edge of the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell me tales that win my faith and be my champion of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am7[/ch]                     [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] ..\r\nI don’t want to forget the day I left for America and things came apart at the seams[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey never paid my way – I bought it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI never stole your heart – I sought it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] ....\r\nI never knew my place anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Humming) [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] * .... [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] *                   [ch]C[/ch] *\r\nThey never paid my way – I bought it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch] *                  [ch]C[/ch] *\r\nI never stole your heart – I sought it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] *                [ch]C[/ch] *          [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] ....\r\nI never knew my place anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus the same way and end)","plain_text":"Standard Tuning\nCapo 4\n\nHe plays C as: x32013 (relative to capo)\n\n\n* means you only strum once\nCmaj7 refers to: 320010 (I don't know the proper name of this chord)\n\nIntro: F C F C F C Am7 Cmaj7\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nIntro: F C F C F C Am7 Cmaj7\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n(Humming) F Fm C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 F Fm * .... C\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus the same way and end)","chords":["C","F","Am7","Cmaj7","Fm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]}}}