{"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":1965309,"song":"Blue Wing","artist":"Jim Henry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11439504-blue-wing-chords-by-jim-henry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1965309?type=chord","rating":4.78061,"votes":3,"content":"Jim Henry - Blue Wing\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nHe had a blue wing tattooed on his shoulder\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, it might have been a blue bird, I don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut he'd get stone drunk and talk about Alaska\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe salmon boats and 45 below[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said he got that blue wing out in Walla Walla[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd his cellmate there was Little Willy John[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Willy, he was once a great blues singer\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Wing and Willy wrote him up a song[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey said it's dark in here, I can't see the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I look at this blue wing and I close my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I fly away beyond these walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp above the clouds where the rain don't fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a poor man's dream [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey paroled Blue Wing in August of 1963[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe moved north picking apples, to the town of Wenatchee[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd then the winter finally caught him in a run down trailer park\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the south side of Seattle, where the days grow grey and dark[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell he drank and he dreamt of visions, when the salmon still ran free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd his fathers' fathers crossed that wide and wild old Bering Sea[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the land belonged to everyone and there were old songs yet to sing\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow it's narrowed down to a cheap hotel and a tattooed prison wing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHey, it's dark in here, I can't see the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I look at this blue wing and I close my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I fly away beyond these walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp above the clouds where the rain don't fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a poor man's dream [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, he drank his way to LA, and that's where he died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd nobody knew his Christian name and there was no one there to cry[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I dreamt there was a funeral, a preacher and a cheap pine box\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd halfway through the service, that blue wing began to talk[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, it's dark in here, I can't see the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I look at this blue wing and I close my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I fly away beyond these walls[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp above the clouds where the rain don't fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a poor man's dream [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a poor man's dream [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a poor man's dream [/tab]","plain_text":"Jim Henry - Blue Wing\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nHe had a blue wing tattooed on his shoulder\n\n\nBut he'd get stone drunk and talk about Alaska\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nAnd Willy, he was once a great blues singer\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nAnd then the winter finally caught him in a run down trailer park\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nAnd the land belonged to everyone and there were old songs yet to sing\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nBut I dreamt there was a funeral, a preacher and a cheap pine box\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","Am","D","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}