{"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":1810026,"song":"The Saddest Song","artist":"Doug Ashdown","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398996-the-saddest-song-chords-by-doug-ashdown/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1810026?type=chord","rating":0.03203,"votes":0,"content":"The saddest song - Dough Ashdown\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\nFi – [ch]Emi[/ch] – [ch]Dmi[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] – [ch]G[/ch] - \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n And the papers got wet in the morning rain [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/G[/ch] \r\n And the birds came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (G) \r\n And Friday started early that day [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n Mr. Albert Allow Wishes Jones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch] \r\n Rubbed the sleep out of his bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] \r\n Ate his toast and spoke her name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] \r\n His feet went of to find a train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch] \r\n Same old way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7[/ch] / \r\nAnd his hand reached out to catch it’s pay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am7[/ch] / \r\nAnd there was much he didn’t know about his life/[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] / \r\nThe girl who typed his letters[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] / \r\nLoved him better [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nThan his wife [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd he couldn’t hear the song [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThe chil - dren sang [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd he wouldn’t see the trees [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nBe - hind the wall [/tab]\r\n Dm C#+ \r\nAnd he didn’t hear the melody \r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n The bells played when they rang[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nFor the city sang the saddest song of [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] - [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] - [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\n All [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInter:\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] \r\n And mrs. Milly jones arose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch] \r\n And ran a comb around her curls[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] \r\n And did the washing and the ironing [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] \r\nFor three dirty little girls[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nAnd her body glowed as she recalled[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThat the man who sold the milk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] \r\n Still thought her young and sweet enough[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nTo say that it was made of silk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] \r\nAnd she smiled as she re – membered[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nAll the things about his touch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] [ch]C7[/ch] \r\nAnd she wondered how a man like that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\n Could make her feel so much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] \r\n And then she cooked the diner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am/G[/ch] [ch]D7/F#[/ch] \r\n For a sad and ti – red ‘n old breadwinner[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd she couldn’t hear the song [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThe chil - dren sang [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd she wouldn’t see the trees [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nBe – hind the wall [/tab]\r\n Dm C#+ \r\nAnd she didn’t hear the melody \r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n The bells played when they rang[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nFor the city sang the saddest song of [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] - [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\n Aa - ll [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n And the Jones’s leaves were in a pile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch] - \r\n And their children smiled [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (G) \r\n And brought them breakfast on a tray [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\n And Mr. And Mrs. Jones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am/G[/ch] \r\n Rubbed the sleep out of their bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\n Took the food and said “thank you”[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nAnd then they wondered what to do with the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch] \r\n Saturday[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] / \r\nAnd her hand reached out to catch his pay[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd as he gave\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nHe smiled and called her “mother”[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] / \r\nAnd she spent some u - pon a child[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nAnd the rest upon her lo - ver[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd they couldn’t hear the song [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThe chil - dren sang [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd they wouldn’t see the trees [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nBe – hind the wall [/tab]\r\n Dm C#+ \r\nAnd they never hear the melody \r\n[tab][ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n The bells played when they rang[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nFor the city sang the saddest song [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] \r\nOf all, of [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\n Aa – aa – ll[/tab]\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch] – [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\n\r\n(START FADING)\r\n\r\nOutro:\r\n[tab] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] \r\nDeu deu deu deueueueu[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nDeu deu deudeu deueueueu[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] \r\nDeu deu deu deueueueu[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] \r\nDeu deu deudeu deueueueu[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFi x81010108\r\n[ch]Emi[/ch] x79987\r\n[ch]Dmi[/ch] x57765\r\n[ch]C[/ch] x32010\r\n[ch]G[/ch] 320033\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] 022000\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] x02210\r\n[ch]Am/G[/ch] 302210\r\n[ch]F[/ch] 133211\r\n[ch]Cmaj7[/ch] x32000\r\n[ch]Am7[/ch] x02010\r\n[ch]Fmaj7[/ch] 102210\r\n[ch]A[/ch] x02220\r\n[ch]A7[/ch] x02020\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] xx0231\r\nC#+ x43221[/tab]\r\n[ch]F/C[/ch] x33211\r\n[ch]C/Bb[/ch] x12010\r\n[ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] x13231\r\n[ch]C7[/ch] x32310\r\n[ch]D7/F#[/ch] 2x0212","plain_text":"The saddest song - Dough Ashdown\n\n\nIntro:\nFi – Emi – Dmi - C – G - \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n Dm C#+ \nAnd he didn’t hear the melody \n\n\n\n\n\nInter:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n Dm C#+ \nAnd she didn’t hear the melody \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd as he gave\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n Dm C#+ \nAnd they never hear the melody \n\n\n\n\nCmaj7 – Fmaj7 \n\n(START FADING)\n\nOutro:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFi x81010108\nEmi x79987\nDmi x57765\nC x32010\nG 320033\nEm 022000\nAm x02210\nAm/G 302210\nF 133211\nCmaj7 x32000\nAm7 x02010\nFmaj7 102210\nA x02220\nA7 x02020\n\nF/C x33211\nC/Bb x12010\nBbmaj7 x13231\nC7 x32310\nD7/F# 2x0212","chords":["Emi","Dmi","C","G","Em","Am","Am/G","F","Cmaj7","Am7","Fmaj7","A","A7","Dm","F/C","C/Bb","Gm","Bm","Bbmaj7","C7","D7/F#","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}