{"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":1742497,"song":"Kiris Piano","artist":"James Keelaghan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11374417-kiris-piano-chords-by-james-keelaghan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1742497?type=chord","rating":4.59457,"votes":4,"content":"James Keelaghan - Kiri's Piano\r\n\r\n\r\n## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from [ch]C[/ch] ##\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nOf all of Kiri Ito's joys,         the thing she loved the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        ~        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas to play her prized piano when the sun had gone to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI used to hear the notes drift down         along the silent water[/tab]\r\n[tab]        ~          [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs Kiri played the notes and scales for her dear sons and daughters[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          ~        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow me, I played piano,         though not as good as Kiri[/tab]\r\n[tab]            ~        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe went in for that long haired stuff, but my she played it pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]    ~         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old piano had a tone,         would set my heart to aching[/tab]\r\n[tab]          ~       [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nIt always sounded sweetest, though, when it was Kiri playing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      ~        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn December when the seventh fleet was turned to smoke and ashes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          ~       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe order came to confiscate their fishing boats and caches[/tab]\r\n[tab]           ~       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Kiri's husband forced to go and work in labour camps[/tab]\r\n[tab]               ~       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             \r\nAnd Kiri left alone to fend and hold the fort as best she can[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     ~       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the music did not drift as often,         up the cove at Kiri's house[/tab]\r\n[tab]            ~      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]     \r\nAnd when it did it sounded haunted, played with worry, played with doubt[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]    ~         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch] \r\nFor Kiri knew that soon she too  would be compelled to leave[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     ~           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nAnd the old upright would stay behind and Kiri she would grieve[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]      ~    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI loaded Kiri on the bus with stoic internees[/tab]\r\n[tab]               ~         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe crime that they were guilty of was that they were not like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         ~    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch] \r\nAnd if I was ashamed, I didn't know it at the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       ~      [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were flotsam on the wave of war, they were no friends of mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           ~     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I went up to Kiri's house         to tag all their belongings[/tab]\r\n[tab]             ~       [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd set them out for auctioneers who'd claim them in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]         ~       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch] \r\nOne piece that I thought I'd keep and  hold back for myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        ~     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas that haunting ivory upright that Kiri played so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     ~       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nKiri had not left it there         for me to take as plunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                ~      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe'd rolled it down onto the dock and on into the harbour[/tab]\r\n[tab]           ~        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat old upright in strangers' hands was a thought she couldn't bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]          ~         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nSo she consigned it to the sea to settle the affair[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]    ~          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo many years have come and gone         since Kiri's relocation[/tab]\r\n[tab]            ~     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nI look back now upon that time with shame and resignation[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]    ~         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor Kiri knew what I did not that if we must be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         ~       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen sometimes we must sacrifice to gain our dignity[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]    ~         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYes, Kiri knew what I did not that if we must be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         ~       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nThen sometimes we must sacrifice to gain our dignity[/tab]","plain_text":"James Keelaghan - Kiri's Piano\n\n\n## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C ##\n\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n\nINTRO: C   G   C   G   C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: G   C  F  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: F   G   C  F  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: G   C   F   G   C","chords":["C","G","Cadd9","Am","F","D7"],"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]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}