{"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":1866493,"song":"When An Old Cricketer","artist":"Roy Harper","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11416777-when-an-old-cricketer-chords-by-roy-harper/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1866493?type=chord","rating":4.65071,"votes":33,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the day is done and the ball has spun in the umpires pocket away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd all remains in the groundsman's pains for the rest of time and a day;[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere'll be one mad dog and his master, pushing for four with the spin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a dusty pitch, with two pounds six, of willow wood in the sun.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at Silly Mid-On;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it could be Geoff, and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his tail;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it could be me, and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the ale,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nsting in the ale.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it could be Geoff, and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his tail;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it could be me, and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the ale,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nsting in the ale.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the moment comes, and the gathering stands, and the clock turns back to reflect[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn the years of grace, as those footsteps trace for the last time out of the act;[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell this way of life's recollection, the hallowed strip in the haze,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fabled men, and the noonday sun, are much more than just yarns of their days.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen an old cricketer leaves the crease, you never know whether he's gone;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf sometimes you're catching a fleeting glimpse of a twelfth man at Silly Mid-On;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it could be Geoff, and it could be John, with a new ball sting in his tail;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it could be me, and it could be thee, and it could be the sting in the ale,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\nsting in the ale.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nC       Fmaj7   C       Dm\nC       Fmaj7   C       Dm\nC       Em      Am      Dm\nC       Fmaj7   C       G\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Fmaj7","Dm","Em","Am","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]},"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]},"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]}}}