{"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":1851196,"song":"Leaving Eden","artist":"Carolina Chocolate Drops","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11410416-leaving-eden-chords-by-carolina-chocolate-drops/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1851196?type=chord","rating":4.78003,"votes":4,"content":"There is an excellent version of this song with the capo on the 5th fret that is just like the recording and\r\nvideos.  \r\n\r\nThis version below is ok if you don't have a capo and want to sing in a lower key. \r\n\r\nCarolina Chocolate Drops\r\nLeaving Eden\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHush now, don't you wake up[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll be leaving at first light[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMama's buying you a mockingbird[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo lull you through the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll cross the Dan by morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHere's a blanket for you to share[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're building down in Georgia[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDaddy hears he'll find work there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the mockingbird can't sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike the crying of a dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't tell my daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             \r\nAll the things that I'm scared of[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I am not afraid of that bright glory up above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            \r\nDying's just another way to leave the ones you love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo work for the working man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust one more empty mill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard times in Rockingham[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHard times harder still[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe crows are in the kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe wolves at the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOur fathers' land of Eden is paradise no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the mockingbird can't sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike the crying of a dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't tell my daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             \r\nAll the things that I'm scared of[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I am not afraid of that bright glory up above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            \r\nDying's just another way to leave the ones you love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy sister stayed in Eden[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer husband's got some land[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAn agent for the county thinks that they might make a stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA hard life of working[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith nothing much to show[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA long life of leaving with nowhere to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the mockingbird can't sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike the crying of a dove[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't tell my daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             \r\nAll the things that I'm scared of[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I am not afraid of that bright glory up above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            \r\nDying's just another way to leave the ones you love [/tab]","plain_text":"There is an excellent version of this song with the capo on the 5th fret that is just like the recording and\nvideos.  \n\nThis version below is ok if you don't have a capo and want to sing in a lower key. \n\nCarolina Chocolate Drops\nLeaving Eden\n\n[Intro]\n\nC Am (2x)\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Am","Dm","Em","F","A"],"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]},"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]}}}