{"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":1973767,"song":"Manzanar","artist":"Tom Russell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11441748-manzanar-chords-by-tom-russell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1973767?type=chord","rating":4.47676,"votes":4,"content":"Tom Russell - Manzanar\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo: 3rd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nHe said, my name is Nakashima\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm a proud American[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI came here in '24[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom my homeland in Japan[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I picked your grapes and oranges[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaved some money, bought a store[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUntil Nineteen Forty-Two[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPearl Harbour and the war[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCame those relocation orders[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey took our house, the store, the car[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen they drove us to the desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo a place called Manzanar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Spanish word for \"apple orchard\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough we saw no apple trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly rows of prison barracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith barbed wire boundaries[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we dream of apple blossoms[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWaving free beneath the stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill we wake up in the desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe prisoners of Manzanar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nManzanar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n      \r\nFifty years, they've all but vanished\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now I am an old man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't regret the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I came here from Japan[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut on moonlit winter nights[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI often wish upon a star[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I'd forget the shame and sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I felt at Manzanar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C.   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we dream of apple blossoms[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWaving free beneath the stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill we wake up in the desert[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe prisoners of Manzanar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nManzanar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nManzanar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nManzanar[/tab]","plain_text":"Tom Russell - Manzanar\n\n\nCapo: 3rd Fret\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nHe said, my name is Nakashima\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n      \nFifty years, they've all but vanished\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC  G  C  D  C  G  Am","chords":["G","C","Am","D"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}