{"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":1756200,"song":"Before The Morning Sun","artist":"Dave Gunning","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380177-before-the-morning-sun-chords-by-dave-gunning/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1756200?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Dave Gunning - Before The Morning Sun\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nINTRO: [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the valley by the river, we had a little land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt wasn't much to speak of, what we had was by our hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nBut the banker took it from us, at the end of two dry years[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLeft nothing but the dust, watered by my mother's tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWith all the rage that burned inside me, I rode into that town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd with my father's rifle, I shot that banker down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nAnd this isn't like the story books, there'll be no reprieve[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they take me out before the morning sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nThe judge was looking at me, when he brought the gavel down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt echoed off the pillars, \"By law son you are bound\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nThen behind those iron bars, alone to face myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith the building of the scaffold, outside my quiet prison cell [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nI can hear the hammers pounding, I can feel my blood awaken[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo a thousand freight trains running through my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nThis isn't like the story books, there'll be no reprieve [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they take me out before the morning sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nMy father said, \"Son, we'll love you 'til the end\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy mother turned and hid her face, as the preacher man stepped in[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nHe said, \"Know that god will judge you, and know that you have sinned.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe long shadow of the gallows, spanned my prison cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt made a cross upon the preacher's back, a hardened man's farewell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nI can hear the footsteps coming now, they're right outside my door[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith a single church bell, ringing out of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nThis isn't like the story books, and now the hour has come [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they take me out before the morning sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nWith my calloused hands behind me, like those fields in my memory [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm staring straight, into a clear hori--zon[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nThis isn't like the story books, and now the moment's come and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey hang me out to face the morning sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey hang me out before the morning sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]OUTRO: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n         Oooooh, ooh, ooh, ooh[/tab]","plain_text":"Dave Gunning - Before The Morning Sun\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n \nINTRO: Am","chords":["Am","F","C","G","E7","E","Em7","Dm"],"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"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]}}}