{"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":1726314,"song":"Tecumseh Valley","artist":"Townes Van Zandt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11367490-tecumseh-valley-chords-by-townes-van-zandt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1726314?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":262,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe name she gave was Caroline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe daughter of a miner[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd her ways were free[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it seemed to  me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat sunshine walked beside her[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe come from Spencer, across the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said her pa had sent her[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nCause the coal was low[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd soon the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould turn the skies to winter.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said she'd come to look for work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe was not seekin' favors[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd for a dime a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a place to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe'd turn those hands to labor[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe times were hard Lord, and the jobs were few[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll through Tecumseh Valley[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut she asked around[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a job she found[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTending bar at Gypsy Sally's[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe saved enough to get back home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen spring replaced the winter[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut her dreams were denied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer pa  had  died[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe word come down from Spencer.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo she turned to whorin' out on the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith all the lust inside her[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it was many a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho returned  again[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo lay himself beside her.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey found her down beneath the stairs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat led to Gypsy Sally's[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd in her hand when she died[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas a note that cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFare-thee-well, Tecumseh Valley[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe name she gave was Caroline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe daughter of a miner[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd her ways were free[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it seemed to  me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat sunshine walked beside her[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","G/B","Am","G"],"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]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}