{"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":1909723,"song":"A Year","artist":"Loudon Wainwright III","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11429298-a-year-chords-by-loudon-wainwright-iii/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1909723?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe only time I've seen you was about a year ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was afraid to hold you but I wanted you to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI touched your tiny perfect hand before I went uptown[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI didn't pick you up because I'd have to put you down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor reasons that don't make much sense and you won't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI've stayed away for your first year, it's sort of what I planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I've been in your neighbourhood, sometimes just blocks away[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI didn't come to visit you because I couldn't stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere was a baby on a plane, maybe she was two[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd she was smiling at me I was not sure what to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've kept my distance from you a year's much more than a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd so I looked away from her too ashamed to smile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen I saw you last year, I knew that there was no mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAmazing things can happen why just look what life can make[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut life can get so hard sometimes some feelings can't be tamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd people get so angry frightened and ashamed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou've been a sort of secret for a year I've told but few[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAlthough I’m sure that where you are so many must love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I've passed by your window but haven't dared look in[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAlthough I know I'd love you too, I'm too scared to begin[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["E","A","B","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}