{"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":1878330,"song":"Elephant In The Dock","artist":"mewithoutYou","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11421499-elephant-in-the-dock-chords-by-mewithoutyou/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1878330?type=chord","rating":4.64623,"votes":6,"content":"Elephant in the Dock\r\nTen Stories\r\nmeWithoutYou\r\n\r\n-For playing acoustically, I fingerpick between the recording and a full strum\r\n-For precise picking, which doesn't exactly follow these chords, see the 'tab' for this song \r\n-In the chorus, slide is optional. I slide 3 half steps up to Dm instead of the octave slide\r\n[tab]    Verses            Choruses\r\n    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]    E...    [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n|---2---/5---\\0---|---2---0---2---2-/-14---|\r\n|---2---/5---\\0---|---3---2---2---3-/-15---|\r\n|---2---/6---\\1---|---4---2---2---4-/-16---|\r\n|---4---/7---\\2---|---4---2---4---4-/-16---|\r\n|---4---/7---\\2---|---2---0---4---2-/-14---|\r\n|---2---/5---\\0---|-----------2------------|\r\n================================================================================[/tab]\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nPillary stocks at the gallows tree dock[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe crowd grew impatient as the clouds threatened rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nElephant arrived at the Constable's side,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwith her trunk locked in shackles, and her ankles in chains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"All rise, all rise, his Honor presides,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe Judge took the bench to the village brass cavalcade,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]            \r\nElephant refused to swear the oath, said[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]     \r\n\"I don't know anything about truth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]        \r\nbut I know falsehood when I see it,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand it looks like this whole world you've made\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nGood of our chaplain to sail Kalispell Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd now down on his marrows for this old fool to pray,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"Lord, for sixty-some years I've surrendered my love,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto emblems of kindness, and not the kindness they were emblems of,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTrammels and rings, with the strength of old strings,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand some hobble skirt spring, by the old problem caught,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nChildren, sometimes I think all our thoughts are just things,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]         \r\nand then sometimes think things are just thoughts,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the rabble rang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\n\"A thirteen coil knot for the samovar pot! [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nScottish Oatcakes in haversacks each to its grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nThis mock trial can no more determine my lot,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           \r\nthan can driftwood determine the ocean's waves,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nBrandish your ropes and your boards, and your basket-hilt swords,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut what is there can punish like a conscience ignored?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]       \r\nYes, my body did just as you implied,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nwhile some ghost we'll call 'I' idly watched through its eyes,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the jury sang,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\"Hang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHang! the Elephant must hang! the Elephant must hang!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]    \r\n   I feel it stealing now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]                 \r\n   I feel it stealing now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]F#m[/ch]  \r\n   I feel it stealing now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]         \r\n   All adrift fathoms down[/tab]","plain_text":"Elephant in the Dock\nTen Stories\nmeWithoutYou\n\n-For playing acoustically, I fingerpick between the recording and a full strum\n-For precise picking, which doesn't exactly follow these chords, see the 'tab' for this song \n-In the chorus, slide is optional. I slide 3 half steps up to Dm instead of the octave slide\n\n[Intro]\nF#m A E F#m\nF#m A E E","chords":["Dm","F#m","A","E","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}