{"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":1730104,"song":"Barges","artist":"Ralph McTell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369141-barges-chords-by-ralph-mctell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1730104?type=chord","rating":4.67859,"votes":28,"content":"Barges\r\n \r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n1.   Me and my brother returned to the water,          [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    I saw a pike that was two feet long.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Two small magicians, each with a jam jar[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    cast spells on the water with hazel twig wands.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n2. Country boys catch tadpoles, dive into water,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    made shy by their laughter, we wondered down stream.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    And summer rolled o’er us with          no complications,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    sat          thinking of Mama,       sometimes in dreams.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n3. Stand by the drawbridge waiting for barges,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    waiting around for smiles from the man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Lifting the bridge whilst       watching the horses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    dragging the slow boats up the canal.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n4. I do remember the times but no number,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    after the day, but before evening comes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n    Waiting for castles and       kettles with roses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n    painted on barges that sailed into the sun.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]5. [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   Oh see the river run, that was by man begun[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Open the lock, let the boats sail on[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n   Taking their castles and kettles with roses   [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   And summers of childhood leaving smiles on the man[/tab]","plain_text":"Barges","chords":["C","Am","Em","F","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]},"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]}}}