{"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":1717935,"song":"The Courier","artist":"Richard Shindell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11363501-the-courier-chords-by-richard-shindell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1717935?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":10,"content":"Richard Shindell - The Courier\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a courier[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrawling in the dirt [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToward the front line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the crow flies[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA note stashed in my shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the Prince of Wales[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] \r\nFar above the fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith his marshals[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd their chain-mail[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir banners taut and high[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI did not ask him what the note said[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe did not offer to explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's not my job to ask the questions[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm just the courier[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm just the courier[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA flare shot leaves a scar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBurning in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn my forearms[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThrough the barbed wire[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnother fifty yards[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrouching in the trench[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nClutching bayonets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA hundred men[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll knee-to-chest[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA hundred marionettes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI am the string pulled by the sure hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnimating what was still[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am invisible and faithful[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a courier[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a courier[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Captain breaks the seal[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nQuickly reads the note[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn your feet boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMake your peace boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPass those letters down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo this courier[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGuardian of the word[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHand him all you've seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHand him all you've heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHand him all your pearls[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll go back to where I came from[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI will deliver each by hand [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI take this as a point of honour[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo be a courier[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo be a courier[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   \r\nTo be a courier[/tab]","plain_text":"Richard Shindell - The Courier\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: Em  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: Em  C  Em  C  D  Em  C","chords":["Em","C","D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}