{"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":1901174,"song":"Rake","artist":"Townes Van Zandt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11425849-rake-chords-by-townes-van-zandt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1901174?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":120,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI used to wake and run with the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI lived like a rake and a young man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI covered my lovers with flowers and wounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy laughter the devil would frighten[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe sun she would come and beat me back down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut every cruel day had its nightfall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'd welcome the stars with wine and guitars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n Full of fire and forgetful[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy body was sharp the dark air clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd outrage my joyful companion[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhisperin' women how sweet did they seem[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nKneelin' for me to command them[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd time was like water but I was the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI wouldn't noticed it passin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nExcept for the turnin' of night into day[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the turnin' of day into cursin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell you look at me now, don't think I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhat all your eyes are a sayin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDoes he want us to believe these ravings and lies[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey're just tricks that his brains been a playin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nA lover of women he can't hardly stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe trembles he's bent and he's broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI've fallen it's true but I say to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHold your tongues until after I've spoken[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was takin' my pride in the pleasures I'd known[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI laughed and said I'll be forgiven[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut my laughter turned 'round eyes blazing and said[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy friend, we're holdin' a wedding[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI buried my face but it spoke once again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe night to the day we're a bindin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now the dark air is like fire on my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd even the moonlight is blinding[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now the dark air is like fire on my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd even the moonlight is blinding[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nDm Dm F F G G Dm Dm Dm Dm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nF F G G Dm Dm\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Dm","F","G","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}