{"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":1934819,"song":"Impressions","artist":"Harvey Andrews","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11432693-impressions-chords-by-harvey-andrews/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1934819?type=chord","rating":0.13695,"votes":0,"content":"Harvey Andrews - Impressions\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n  \r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen Prussians came to take the house [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI could not stop them then [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey filled the rooms with horses [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith sheep as well as men [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI tried for poor old Camille’s sake [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor M'sieur Monet too [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut they were Prussian soldiers [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere was little I could do [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCamille had fled to England [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nM'sieur Monet followed on [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhen war came both made certain [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat they never saw a gun [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey left me to look after [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAll the things they left behind [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut so much in so small a house [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe troops were sure to find [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe store room full of paintings [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFifteen years of Camille’s life [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nPictures of our village [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf his children and his wife [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when the rain made good earth mud [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd rivers of the lanes [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe soldiers laid them end to end [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd walked on canvassed frames [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe colours and the pigments merged [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd M'sieur Monet’s blue [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nJoined the reds, the greens, the browns [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo form another hue [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd poor Camille’s 'Plein Air' became [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA blackened, blasted land [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs boots tore holes with muddied soles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSent from the fatherland [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey burned the rest for daily warmth [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe paint and oil were good [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd gave more heat to blistered feet [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThan shower dampened wood [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when they left I tried to clean [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe pictures that I found [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy Camille and his friend Monet [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDeep trodden in the ground [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut why I bothered I don’t know [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCamille’s a silly fool [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nNo one buys his paintings [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey’re all laughing as a rule [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd M'sieur Monet’s eyes can’t see [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe’s never finished yet [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo details, just impressions [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs the best that he can get [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen they return and find the truth [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMaybe they’ll see the light [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd do an honest job for once [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt never has seemed right [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA life spent painting pictures [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe all wonder why they try [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"See this one here, yes, take it, sir\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nA M'sieur Monet sky [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat no one wants to buy[/tab]","plain_text":"Harvey Andrews - Impressions\n\n\n\n  \n[Intro]\nEm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["Em","D","B7","Am","G","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"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]}}}