{"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":1721115,"song":"The Blessings","artist":"Dar Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11365049-the-blessings-chords-by-dar-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1721115?type=chord","rating":4.71074,"votes":5,"content":"Dar Williams - The Blessings\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you're gonna get your heart broke, you better do it just right[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's gotta be raining and you gotta move your stuff that night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the only friend you can reach, isn't a good friend at all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you know when he says, “Now who dumped who?”[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat you never should have made that call[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI had blessings[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's nobody there, there's nobody home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYeah, the blessings[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt the moment I was most alone and aimless as a fulltime fool[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe joke was on me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got all those birds flying off of that tree[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThat's a blessing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the blessings were like poets that we never find time to know[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when time stopped, I found the place where the poets go[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they said, “Here have some coffee, it's straight black and very old”[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they gave me sticks and rocks and stars and all that I could hold[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI had blessings[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA moment of peace even when the night ends[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYeah, blessings[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCan we meet? Can we meet again at the crossroads of disaster [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the imperfect smile[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the angel in the streetlamp that blinks on as I walk on a mile[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe blessings[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the best ones were the ones I got to keep as I grew strong[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the days that opened up until my whole life could belong[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's like getting the answers, when I don't need them anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm finding the pictures, and I finally know what I kept them for[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember, I can see them[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee them smiling, see them stuck[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee them try, I wish them luck[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd all the blessings[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was fast asleep at three in the morning, when I got the payphone call[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she said, “Did I wake you up”, I said, “Hey, no, not at all”[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she said, “I got this suitcase and I don't know what to pack”[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I said, “You can take anything you want,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust wait and see, it's not a release, it's not a reward[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's the blessings,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's the gift of what you notice more,” [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I walked out and I watched her kick the big pile of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we sat down and we waited for that strange and empty light[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nYeah, the blessings, aah, aah, aah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee them smiling, see them stuck, see them try, I wish them luck[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd all the blessings[/tab]","plain_text":"Dar Williams - The Blessings\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: F C Em Am F G","chords":["F","C","Em","Am","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}