{"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":1973667,"song":"The Plain","artist":"Strawbs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441701-the-plain-chords-by-strawbs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1973667?type=chord","rating":0.17523,"votes":0,"content":"Strawbs - The Plain\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nThe plain stretched out before me\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs far as the slate grey sky[/tab]\r\n\r\nI told her I was leaving \r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith the migrant birds, to fly[/tab]\r\n\r\nI said she might expect me\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith the coming of the spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen the birds return back home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith newfound songs to sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\nI hit out on the highway\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHigh on the rising sun[/tab]\r\n\r\nI felt my spirit rising\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy journey was newly begun[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe joy of expectation\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRose in my heart with a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe courage of conviction[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCarried my journey along[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\nI bathed in the lake of comfort\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe milk of my mother's breast[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe son of constant sorrow\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSank to his knees in the west[/tab]\r\n\r\nI prayed to my god for guidance\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo find there was no one but me[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was just the open highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs far as my eyes could see[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\nThroughout my endless journey\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI have been searching for paradise lost[/tab]\r\n\r\nI now retrace my footsteps\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith the burden of infinite cost[/tab]\r\n\r\nI see myself returning\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlone, with my head held high[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe plain stretched out before me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs far as the slate grey sky[/tab]","plain_text":"Strawbs - The Plain\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG  D  Em   C  G/B  Am  G  Em\nG  D  Em    D  Em  G  D  Em    D  Em  G  D  C\nEm    G  D  Em    C  G/B  Am  G  Em\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nThe plain stretched out before me\n\n\nI told her I was leaving \n\n\nI said she might expect me\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\nI hit out on the highway\n\n\nI felt my spirit rising\n\n\nThe joy of expectation\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\nI bathed in the lake of comfort\n\n\nThe son of constant sorrow\n\n\nI prayed to my god for guidance\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm    G  D  Em    G  D  Em      G  D  C\nEm    G  D  Em    C  G/B  Am  G  Em\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\nThroughout my endless journey\n\n\nI now retrace my footsteps\n\n\nI see myself returning","chords":["G","D","Em","C","G/B","Am"],"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}