{"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":1771007,"song":"Blue Hen","artist":"mewithoutYou","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11386666-blue-hen-chords-by-mewithoutyou/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1771007?type=chord","rating":0.0122,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]\"Blue Hen\"\r\nIntro: A—G\r\nNotes B-F#-A-B-A-G x4\r\nG---------2-4-2-0----\r\nD----4-----------------\r\nA—2-------------------[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFires of the lighthouse burning in the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWaters of the sound sleeping through the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nOstrich of the night half buried in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNearer comes the man, sickle in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBattles in the back seat, soap box car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBlack-bolt lightning car I don't care who you are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFires of the lighthouse, sound of the guitar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[?] regard[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nDeath where is thy sting? In the trails of [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSunfish sails and curve stitch string?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nBlack mass ghosts of half-chewed hosts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOff the Henlopen coast in the saltwater spring[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nYou arrive washed up in the tide Normally alive [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nwith your consolation boots of Spanish inquisition eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nPrancing around the stage at your advancing age[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOffering stale communion to the presbyters of time?[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCousins on the swing set, rabbits in the grass:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIs it too much to ask to reproduce the past?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nStories of the ice boat wreck kept us warm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSheltered from storm on the ocean floor[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n(quiet)\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd in the morning, we rest in Corinthian headdress[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOn couches of ivory[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd wake in the moonlight Like badgers at midnight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo friends made in factories somewhere[/tab]\r\n(louder)\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nYou'll know where to find us, our best years behind us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBarefooted pilgrims at shrines of our youth:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n'Our joy was electric, our circles concentric...'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nConverging on statues of permanence[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nDeath where is thy sting?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou ought to put more thought into what you bravely sing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAft-mast ships of straw-short bricks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou'll soon see exactly where my victory is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe spring to its slumber Your lighthouses black[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nLike virginal slumber I'll break like the lap[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOf your Delaware shore Your Blue Hen remains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWill dissolve at my door Like a teaspoon of salt in the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus (no Chords)\r\nAnd I'll wrap up your absence\r\nIn blankets of reverence\r\nA mastodon shadow\r\nDivided by zero\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd comfort your family With words like eternity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd friends made in factories somewhere[/tab]","plain_text":"Verse\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n(quiet)\n\n\n\n\n(louder)\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus (no Chords)\nAnd I'll wrap up your absence\nIn blankets of reverence\nA mastodon shadow\nDivided by zero","chords":["A","G","B","F","D","Bm","C#m","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]}}}