{"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":1850173,"song":"The Blue And The Gray","artist":"Lucero","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11409985-the-blue-and-the-gray-chords-by-lucero/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1850173?type=chord","rating":0.04076,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe family's been here for[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe last hundred years[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's all that he's ever known[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLife in the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwamps and the rolling hills[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlways called Arkansas home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut when the war came like his father before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe joined the army[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd went to the war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeaving the rolling hills[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwamps and the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBound for a Normandy shore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe patch that he wore on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis uniform[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas both blue and grey[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe colors of men who died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nFighting another fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd more would die today[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt Omaha beach against Germany[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA young country boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStruggled out of the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp on the sand where[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMany a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould never know victory[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFought the entire time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nUp on the front line[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was lonely, bloody and cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe only relief he'd find[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMight be some old French wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe water was all dirty and froze[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he was luckier than some, a better soldier than most[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe came back from Europe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut never got home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow he's back on the farm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut not out of harm[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe drank so the pain wouldn't show[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Riff]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy brothers and I[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe never really knew him at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI barely remember him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cadd9[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmoking with a grin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut looking mean; standing tall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I can only hope that he wouldn't be ashamed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf the man I become[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the life that I made[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he did the hardest part[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lived life with all his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I hope I don't let him down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm7  D  Cadd9  G  D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\nEm7  D  Cadd9  G  D  G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\nEm7  D  Cadd9  G  D  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Riff]\nEm7  D  Cadd9  G  D  G\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nEm7  D  Cadd9  G  D  G","chords":["Em7","D","Cadd9","G","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}