{"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":1850745,"song":"Bishops Song","artist":"Radical Face","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11410201-bishops-song-chords-by-radical-face/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1850745?type=chord","rating":0.03596,"votes":0,"content":"Be sure to put your capo on the 9th fret, he usually tunes his guitar down half a step or so, but this for \r\nstandard tuning.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------0------------------------0------------|\r\nG|-----0----0---2-h-4-p-2-p-0----0--------------|\r\nD|--0--------------------------0-------2-2-p-0--|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------|\r\nG|---------0-------0---------------------|\r\nD|-------0---------0---------------------|\r\nA|-----2-----x3----2----Let Ring---------|\r\nE|---3-------------3---------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor the whole song, you don't play the high e, just fingerpick the chords and act like it isn't there.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got a little story that I'd like to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nabout a boy named bishop, who lived atop this hill[/tab]\r\n\r\npeople called him a slow boy, said he weren't all there\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut he never harmed none, no, he wouldn't dare[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut when the neighbor's daughter said the child was his[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwell, the people turned then and wanted blood for his sins[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nbishop tried to tell them that none had shared his bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut the words escaped him; he found tears instead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwell his father begged then for him to bend his knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat they might be lenient, in time would set him free[/tab]\r\n                    \r\nbut the boy just stood there with a steady gaze\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand said they'd have to break him, 'cause bending weren't his way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nso they came and took him, and dragged him off in chains[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand with the town as witness, he was forced to pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nit weren't 'til he was gone that the girl cleared his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand now his ghost still haunts us to this very day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n(Accompanied by humming)\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| x  Dead note\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| p  Pull-off \r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"Be sure to put your capo on the 9th fret, he usually tunes his guitar down half a step or so, but this for \nstandard tuning.\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the whole song, you don't play the high e, just fingerpick the chords and act like it isn't there.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\npeople called him a slow boy, said he weren't all there\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n                    \nbut the boy just stood there with a steady gaze\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n(Accompanied by humming)\n\nG    C     G    D     E    C     G    D    G\n\n\n************************************\n\n| x  Dead note\n| h  Hammer-on\n| p  Pull-off \n\n************************************","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}