{"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":1908936,"song":"Anecdotes","artist":"Joanna Newsom","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11429032-anecdotes-chords-by-joanna-newsom/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1908936?type=chord","rating":4.88367,"votes":12,"content":" Probably best if you listen to the song for timings as its quite difficult at times.\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Sending the first scouts over[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Back from the place beyond the dawn:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Horse, bear your broken soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Db[/ch] \r\n Eyes frozen wide at what went on[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n And Time, in our camp, is moving[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n As you’d anticipate it to[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n But what is this sample proving?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Db[/ch]      \r\n Anecdotes cannot say what Time may do[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I kid with Rufus  Night-jar[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n When our men are all asleep:[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n It ain’t about how rare you are[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Fm[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n But how hard you are to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Db[/ch] \r\n Take, you and me—[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch] \r\n “When are you from?” said he[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n In our blind of winter leaves[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n As we sighted out their fliers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n In the greyscale of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And fumbled on the bare ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n To bury round landmines[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n While the deeeeeew lay down and dried[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]             \r\n We signal Private Poorwill [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]                [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n When morning starts to loom:[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n “Pull up from your dive!” till, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fm[/ch]                [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n We hear the telltale boom too soon, hotdogging loon, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n caught there Like a shard of mirror in the moon![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Now they’ve stopped giving orders[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But I follow anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch] \r\n Laying in our state of torpor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Waiting out the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] \r\n While the deeeeeew burns away[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Db[/ch] \r\n Rushing, tearing, speeding home:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Bound to a wheel that is not my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Where round every bend I long to see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Temporal infidelity[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n All along the road, the lights stream by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n I want to go where the dew won’t dry[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n I want to go where the light won’t bend—[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Db[/ch] \r\n Far as the eye may reach—nor end[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n But, inasmuch as that light is loaned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fm[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n And, insofar as we’ve borrowed bones[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Must every debt now be repaid[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n In star-spotted, sickle-winged night raids[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n While we sing to the garden, and we sing to the stars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Db[/ch] \r\n And we sing in the meantime wherever you are?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Fm[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n In the folds and the branches somewhere out there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Db[/ch] \r\n I was only just born into open air[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Now hush, little babe, you don’t want to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Fm[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Down in the trenches remembering with me[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Where you will not mark my leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch] \r\n And you will not hear my parting song[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Nor is there cause for grieving[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n Nor is there cause for carrying on[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n And daughter, when you are able[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Come down and join! The kettle’s on[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]        [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n And your family’s round the table[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n Will you come down, before the sun is gone?[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \r\n [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (x4)\r\n \r\n [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n \r\n [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n \r\n End on [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Probably best if you listen to the song for timings as its quite difficult at times.\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Db Fm Eb Ab Eb Db C G Am G\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n D Bb D Bb C\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n D Bb D Bb Ab G\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n Db Fm Eb Ab Eb Db C G Am G\n \n F#m G (x4)\n \n A F# Bm C \n \n D Bb D Bb D Bb\n \n End on C","chords":["Ab","Eb","Db","Bb","Fm","C","G","Am","F","F#m","A","F#","Bm","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}