{"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":1895639,"song":"Only A Song","artist":"Ben Sollee","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11423752-only-a-song-chords-by-ben-sollee/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1895639?type=chord","rating":4.65095,"votes":5,"content":"I was just going to comment on the other guys tab and ask if he could add the rest of the lyrics, but \r\nthen I noticed he hasn't been online in a year and a half. So I figured I'd do the honors, for those of us\r\nwho prefer not to learn the chords THEN look up the rest of the lyrics.. \r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't make a sound if I wasn't so angry[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't be runnin' if there wasn't so far to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't keep on if there wasn't somethin' worth keepin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI want to believe that this mountain can be moved[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is only a song, it can't change the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get a little scared when I'm drivin' through the ghetto[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                                                      [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nThere's a part of me that wants to hide, there's a part of me that wants to move in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause even though I, I grew up in the suburbs[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI didn't really grow 'til I learned how so many others live[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is only a song, it can't change the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm diggin', diggin' deep in myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut who needs a shovel when you have a little boy like mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis ain't the world that I want to give him[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPeople racin' 'roudnin cars in cities you can't even walk across[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is only a song, it can't change the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI been thinkin' about providence and cravin' a rootbeer float[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI didn't make these rules but it's come time for us to row this boat[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd on the horizon, I see windmills sproutin' up in rows[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's young folks farmin' and a few that are gonna vote[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is only a song, it can't change the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo why try, why even sing at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI picture the harlem globetrotters dancin' like misquitos with a basketball[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]       \r\n'Cause there is beauty in freedom, and folks like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                                                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCame over on boats, flew in on planes, crawled under fences and fought wars just to find a place to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is only a song, it can't change the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is only a song, it can't change the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this is only a song, it can't change the world[/tab]","plain_text":"I was just going to comment on the other guys tab and ask if he could add the rest of the lyrics, but \nthen I noticed he hasn't been online in a year and a half. So I figured I'd do the honors, for those of us\nwho prefer not to learn the chords THEN look up the rest of the lyrics.. \n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}