{"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":1947117,"song":"The Bars","artist":"The Menzingers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11435447-the-bars-chords-by-the-menzingers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1947117?type=chord","rating":4.75705,"votes":11,"content":"In the live in-store performances of this song, they've been playing these chords but only tuned\r\ndown a half-step. On the record, it's these chords, but tuned down a whole step to DGCFAD.\r\n\r\nIf you don't want to tune down a whole step, transpose down 2 semitones so the first chord\r\nreads \"F\" (or down another semitone, play it in E with a capo, etc etc).\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSunken eyes and strangers' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          \r\nI fall asleep in the strangest places[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat the hell am I doing?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere have my friends gone?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCan't stand these people no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you cannot leave when you can't find the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSmashed my phone, lost my wallet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWho's this new friend of mine?[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nWhy do some people make you nervous[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd others drive you to drink when the bars are closing?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNightstand memorial to past libation[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA sudden fear of phone vibrations[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToo hung over to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToo tired to stay alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBenzos, bile, and bills[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's so much missing time to kill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI shake like an airplane on its way down[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nWhy do some people make you nervous[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd others drive you to drink when the bars are closing?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the bars are closing?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo good'll come from stumbling home with the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo good'll come from stumbling home with the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI used to care[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow I stare into the sunken eyes and strangers' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]          \r\nI fall asleep in the strangest places[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat the hell am I doing?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere have my friends gone?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n{Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nWhy do some people make you nervous[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd others drive you to drink when the bars are closing?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the bars are closing?[/tab]","plain_text":"In the live in-store performances of this song, they've been playing these chords but only tuned\ndown a half-step. On the record, it's these chords, but tuned down a whole step to DGCFAD.\n\nIf you don't want to tune down a whole step, transpose down 2 semitones so the first chord\nreads \"F\" (or down another semitone, play it in E with a capo, etc etc).\n\n[Intro]\n\nG Bm C G C G D (x2)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nG Bm C G C G D \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nG Bm (x2)\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\nG Bm C G C G D (x2)\n\n{Chorus]","chords":["F","E","G","Bm","C","D","Em","C/B","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}