{"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":2018063,"song":"Lorena","artist":"John Hartford","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11448303-lorena-chords-by-john-hartford/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2018063?type=chord","rating":4.64435,"votes":56,"content":"   The *RIFF* I've included doesn't have to be played, but sounds pretty cool.\r\n\r\n\r\n    [ch]Dbm[/ch] = X46654,    [ch]Ab[/ch] = 466544\r\n\r\n[tab]  *RIFF*        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\n            e|--0---------------2--|\r\n            B|--2---------------4--|\r\n            G|--2---------------4--|\r\n            D|--2---------------4--|\r\n            A|--0------------2--2--|[/tab]\r\n            [ch]E[/ch]|--X--4--2--0---------|\r\n\r\n  [VERSE]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Oh, The years creep slowly by, Lorena,   The snow is on the ground again[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  The sun's low down the sky, Lorena[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  The frost gleams where the flowers have been[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dbm[/ch]                      [ch]Ab[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]                       [ch]Dbm[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  But the heart beats on as warmly now,  As when the summer days were nigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]   *RIFF*  [ch]B[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Oh, The sun can never dip so low,  To be down in affections cloudless sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n   INST: AS VERSE    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n                    [ch]Dbm[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Dbm[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   *RIFF*    [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n  [VERSE]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  A hundred months have passed, Lorena,  Since last, I held that hand in mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  And felt,  The pulse beat fast, Lorena, Though mine, Beat faster far than thine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dbm[/ch]                        [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]                      [ch]Dbm[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  A hundred months this flowery May,  When up that hilly slope we climbed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  To watch, The dying of the day,  And hear, The distant church bells chime[/tab]\r\n\r\n   INST: AS VERSE    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n                    [ch]Dbm[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Dbm[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]   *RIFF*    [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n  [VERSE]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  We loved each other then, Lorena,  Far more than we ever dared to tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  And what we might have been, Lorena,  Had our loving prospered well[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dbm[/ch]                            [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]                        [ch]Dbm[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  Then 'tis past, The years roll on,    I'll not call up their shadowy forms[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch] *RIFF*    [ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  I'll say, To them lost years, Sleep on,  Sleep on, Nor heed lifes pelting storms[/tab]\r\n\r\n  OUTRO:     [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"The *RIFF* I've included doesn't have to be played, but sounds pretty cool.\n\n\n    Dbm = X46654,    Ab = 466544\n\n\n            E|--X--4--2--0---------|\n\n  [VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   INST: AS VERSE    E      A    B      E      E     A        B        E\n                    Dbm   Ab   Ab   Dbm   B   E     A   *RIFF*    B      E\n\n  [VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   INST: AS VERSE    E      A    B      E      E     A        B        E\n                    Dbm   Ab   Ab   Dbm   B   E     A   *RIFF*    B      E\n\n  [VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  OUTRO:     E     A     B    E","chords":["Dbm","Ab","A","B","G","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}