{"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":1987333,"song":"Hartfordtown 1944","artist":"Mark Erelli","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11444532-hartfordtown-1944-chords-by-mark-erelli/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1987333?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Mark Erelli - Hartfordtown 1944\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was a dry and dusty summer day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen that wagon train pulled in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust three hours 'til the matinee[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas scheduled to begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the razorbacks unloaded the flats[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA crowd did gather to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe elephants tow the wagons back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo that empty lot on Barbour Street[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the canvas-men they dug right in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Til on that spot where nothing had been[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou could see the big-top from miles around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to Hartfordtown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe circus it was front page news[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack in Nineteen Forty-Four[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEveryone was grateful for any excuse[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo forget about the war[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sun beat down on the menagerie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the cages the animals paced[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was orangeade and cotton candy[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a smile on every kid’s face[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEach mother and father, each boy and girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey couldn't wait to see the greatest show in the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou could barely hear the orchestra, they cheered so loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to Hartfordtown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were polar bears and panther cats[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith great big fangs and claws[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the lions did a balancing act[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo jubilant applause[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen a spotlight played on a platform set[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo high up in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat everybody held their breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they prayed a silent prayer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll eyes were glued to the man on the wire[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo nobody knew when the tent caught fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo slowly it dawned on the sold-out crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to Hartfordtown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe fire drew air and began to climb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe audience jumped from their seats[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere was a stampede for the exit sign[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd some fainted from the heat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were heroes who did their best to help[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe children escape the flames[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the others who managed to save themselves[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey survived but were never the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd some still remember how the animals cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut there weren't any animals inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOver 100 people trapped as the tent burned down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to Hartfordtown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs a boy I lived on Barbour Street[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFour blocks from that circus show[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I begged my parents, I got down on my knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they would not let me go[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor they had grounded me, two weeks straight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I can’t even remember why[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I know the first time I ever prayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas when I saw that black smoke in the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the war it was over in a year, I guess[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the people in my town didn’t cheer like the rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt still breaks our hearts to remember now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to Hartfordtown[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Mark Erelli - Hartfordtown 1944\n\n\nCAPO: 4th fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC  F  C  G  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\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[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC  F  C  G  C","chords":["C","F","G","A","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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}