{"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":1777342,"song":"The Churchyard","artist":"Voltaire","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11389397-the-churchyard-chords-by-voltaire/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1777342?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"THIS SONG IS PLAYED HALF-STEP DOWN.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA bell in a churchyard,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIt yells for me to begin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd my hands they tremble and shake. [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhile a chill burrows under my skin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt rains in the valley,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIt rains from the skies.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it's raining deep inside my soul,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd it pours up and out of my eyes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNot long ago, you were here in my arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd I swore I would protect you from harm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow here we are.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOn this hill, 'neath the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the Churchyard at dawn.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow could we've fallen so far?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]B7[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe earth is a blood-red clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThat cakes to my heels.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the spade grows heavy as lead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd my heart it is heavier still.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn a bow there's a raven[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd its eyes fix me with a stare.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen he turns and screams at the sky.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd it burns like the truth in my ears.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNot long ago, you were here in my arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd I swore I would protect you from harm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow here we are.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOn this hill, 'neath the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the Churchyard at dusk.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow could we've fallen so far?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNo one should find out how it feels[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStanding here, hoping and praying[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou'll awake from this awful ordeal.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNo one should find out what it's like[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nStanding here, digging a hole in which to bury[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYour child and your wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they are finished[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey look like wounds on a hill[/tab]\r\n\r\nTwo graves, they lay side by side\r\n\r\nFor my life and my lover to fill.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNo one should find out how it feels[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStanding here, hoping and praying[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou'll awake from this awful ordeal.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNo one should find out what it's like[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStanding here, not having the means[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo buy the medicine to save their lives.[/tab]","plain_text":"THIS SONG IS PLAYED HALF-STEP DOWN.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm Am Em B7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwo graves, they lay side by side\n\nFor my life and my lover to fill.","chords":["Em","Am","A","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}