{"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":1797754,"song":"Quick As Dreams","artist":"Slaid Cleaves","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11395390-quick-as-dreams-chords-by-slaid-cleaves/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1797754?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":18,"content":"Slaid Cleaves - Quick As Dreams\r\n\r\n\r\n## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from [ch]C[/ch] to [ch]Am[/ch] ##\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nMy name is Tommy Luther, I'll soon be eighty-four[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI'll show you a little picture I keep tucked in this old drawer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nSixty years ago, boys, I rode for the Diamond team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSailing by, eight feet high, on horses quick as dreams [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWell, I joined up with the races when they came through Alabam[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey had a good young rider, just a boy, named Sandy Graham[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe were two kids run away from home when the world was breaking down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDidn't stay to see the family sell the farm and move to town [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nFrom Detroit to Tijuana to Annapolis we rode[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey called us rookies \"bug boys\", we were just sixteen years old[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe were worth a couple of saddles and two big bags of grain[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThe big men owned the horses and they owned us just the same [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nSixty years ago, boys, I rode for the Diamond team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSailing by, eight feet high, on horses quick as dreams [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWell it's Winnipeg and it's raining, but the track's not looking bad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey gave me Irish Princess, Sandy rode on Vesper Lad[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe were flying down the backstretch, my horse was running proud[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI pulled ahead of Sandy when a roar came from the crowd [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI crouched as Irish Princess thundered across the line[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd then I stood and turned around to see that friend of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nVesper Lad was standing still, there must have been a fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd in the mud lay Sandy, looking lifeless as a doll [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nWell, the crowd ran up to Sandy, they scooped him off the track[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey took him to the office, with shattered ribs and back[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt the hospital next morning, I sat by Sandy's side[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBut the season would be ending soon and then I'd have to ride [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nJust a couple a days past Danville, word came down the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSandy'd lost his struggle, we hung our heads and cried[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was poor old Mother Harris, from the boarding house in town[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWho paid for the little casket and laid him in the ground [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nI sent a couple of dollars, it was all that I could save[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nShe drew me a little picture of the lonely rider's grave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've kept it in my bedroom drawer all these sixty years[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI still see that crumpled body now, but I'm too old for tears [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\nMy name is Tommy Luther, I'll soon be eighty-four[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI'll show you a little picture, it's right here in the drawer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nSixty years ago, boys, I rode for the Diamond team[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSailing by, eight feet high, on horses quick as dreams [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nSailing by, eight feet high, on horses quick as dreams [/tab]","plain_text":"Slaid Cleaves - Quick As Dreams\n\n\n## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: F G C F G C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:","chords":["C","Am","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]},"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]}}}