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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1725313,"song":"Preston Miller","artist":"Tracy Grammer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11367062-preston-miller-chords-by-tracy-grammer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1725313?type=chord","rating":4.66575,"votes":9,"content":"Tracy Grammer - Preston Miller\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was born in Miller's mansion when the mistress was asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe secret son of the chambermaid and master[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they sent him into hiding, for his schooling and his keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith the Carlyles and the other lucky bastards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow his toady tutors fawn and praise the man that he's become[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Esus[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThough he's taken to the Laudanum and Faro[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he walks the streets like velvet death with his daddy's money on his breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a shame he cannot shake, down in his marrow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen day fades to black, you must not listen to the killer[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Esus[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPretty voices keep you beautiful and bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the simple sorry fact of your existence, Preston Miller[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs enough to bring this house of evil down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOne night upon some drunken dare, he writes his absent sire[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"Father, I would fain come home to meet thee\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd though his worthless friends guffaw at this sudden show of fire[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnother round of bourbon and it's easy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd this letter finds his father in his tower far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Esus[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the hoary claw that holds it shakes and trembles[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs it grief over a life misspent, or love or greed or mere contempt[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr something darker stirring in his temples[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen day fades to black, you must not listen to the killer[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Esus[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPretty voices keep you beautiful and bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the simple sorry fact of your existence, Preston Miller[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs enough to bring this house of evil down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA week gone by, he's wakened by a knocking at his door[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he drags himself half-wasted to the threshold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's a message in his father's quill saying, \"Meet me, scion, if you will[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt the very stroke of midnight in the meadow\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow he has combed his laggard locks and hired a comely roan[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Esus[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he's met his comrade fops around the fountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he's bidden each a grand goodbye and he's cantered off alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo meet his aged father in the mountains[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen day fades to black, you must not listen to the killer[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Esus[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPretty voices keep you beautiful and bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the simple sorry fact of your existence, Preston Miller[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs enough to bring this house of evil down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Oh, Father dear, come out, come out, I honour thee tonight,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe shouts as he goes weaving in the saddle[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe sees the stars go blinking by, like the twinkling in a trollop's eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd six riders riding madly in the shadows[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis morning sailed a ship of fools across a sea of gin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a blind and grinning reaper at the tiller[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it drove an aging Jacob to his lone and bitter end[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a bullet through the brain of Preston Miller[/tab]","plain_text":"Tracy Grammer - Preston Miller\n\n\n[Intro]\nAm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["Am","G","C","Esus","E","Dm","F","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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}