{"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":1723527,"song":"Only Our Rivers Run Free","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11366342-only-our-rivers-run-free-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1723527?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":45,"content":"Written by Mickey McConnell in 1973 but has since been recorded by various artists\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nWhen apples still grow in November[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nWhen blossoms remain on each tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen leaves are still green in December[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nIt's then that our land will be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nI wander her hills and her valleys[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]         \r\nAnd still, to my sorrow, I see[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]        \r\nA land that has never know freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nWhere only her rivers run free           [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nI drink to the death of her manhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nThose men, who'd rather have died[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThan to live in the cold chains of bondage[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]      \r\nTo bring back their rights, were denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nOh where are you now when we need you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]    \r\nWhat burns where the flame used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\nAre you gone, like the snows of last winter[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nAnd will only our rivers run free  [/tab]\r\n         \r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nHow sweet is life, but we're crying[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nHow mellow the wine, yet we're dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow fragrant the rose, but it's dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nHow gentle the wind, but it sighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nWhat good is in youth when you're ageing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nWhat joy is in eyes that can see[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nThat there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nIf only our rivers run free[/tab]","plain_text":"Written by Mickey McConnell in 1973 but has since been recorded by various artists","chords":["C","G","F","Am","Em","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]}}}