{"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":2080475,"song":"Day After Day","artist":"Darrell Scott","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11452197-day-after-day-chords-by-darrell-scott/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2080475?type=chord","rating":4.61844,"votes":6,"content":"Tabbed by: Russell B.\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nEm:       022000\r\nDsus2:    xx0230\r\nC:        x32010\r\nDsus2/F#: 2x0230\r\nAsus2:    x02200\r\nCmaj9/B:  x20010\r\nG6:       3x0030 (no 3)\r\nE5/D:     xx0450\r\nAm:       x02210\r\n\r\nStrum pattern in verse: strike the root then strum entire chord (Up,Down,X)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dsus2/F#[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]E5/D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj9/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n(x2)\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------5--------5------5------5-----5-----5-----5------5------5-----5------|\r\nG|------4--------4------4------4-----4-----4-----4------4------4-----4------|\r\nD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|---2-------0-------------0------2------3-----2-----0----------------------|\r\nE|---0-------2-------3--------------------------------------3------2--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro] (x2)\r\ne|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------2~-4~-5~---4~-2~----------------------------|\r\nD|------2~----4~---5~-----------------5~-4~----------------------|\r\nA|---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDad never started drinking[/tab]\r\n\r\n'til he was thirty-five\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd once he found the power [/tab]\r\n\r\nhe made up for his lost time\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nGo outside and catch a cricket,[/tab]\r\n\r\nthen unplug the phone\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid their singing kept him company,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwhen we'd leave him alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThose were days of feeling awkward,[/tab]\r\n\r\nbeing seventeen and such\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHoping I could find some comfort,[/tab]\r\n\r\nin a deacon's daughter's touch\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nI'd spend time out in the desert[/tab]\r\n\r\nfeeling lonely with a friend\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we'd talk about leaving, [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nbut it was years before we did[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh the time moves slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you can't go where you want to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, oh the time slips away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDay after day, day after day[/tab]\r\n\r\nDay after day\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dsus2/F#[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]E5/D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj9/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell I found myself a genie,[/tab]\r\n\r\nsaid she'd grant a wish for me\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all I had to do for her[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwas love her endlessly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nSo I asked my dad about it and he said,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"Son, life's a game we play.\"\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I closed my eyes, held her and said, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\n   \"Take me away\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLet's live in a lighthouse[/tab]\r\n\r\non the Maritime shore\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll hang a wreath to loneliness[/tab]\r\n\r\nupon our lighthouse door\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nBut we never made the ocean,[/tab]\r\n\r\nshe never followed through\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said the day she left,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nyou know, I really thought you knew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh the time moves slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you can't go where you want to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, oh the time slips away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDay after day, day after day[/tab]\r\n\r\nDay after day\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell I went back home to see my dad,[/tab]\r\n\r\nand I walked through the door\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo his photographs of Hank and Johnny,[/tab]\r\n\r\nlying on the floor\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nHank had a hole shot through his mouth[/tab]\r\n\r\nand Johnny in the head\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were crickets in hallway[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nand Dad awake in bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was sitting in the darkness[/tab]\r\n\r\nwith just a cigarette light\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid he went a little crazy[/tab]\r\n\r\nsometime in the night\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nI never asked him about the pictures[/tab]\r\n\r\nthough it was clear to me\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe shot 'em for the life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nand the man he wouldn't be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh the time moves slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't go where you want to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, oh the time slips away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDay after day, day after day[/tab]\r\n\r\nDay after day\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh the time moves slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't go where you want to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut, oh the time slips away[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDay after day, day after day[/tab]\r\n\r\nDay after day  after day after day\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Dsus2/F#[/ch] [ch]G6[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch] [ch]E5/D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj9/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]Dsus2/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"Tabbed by: Russell B.\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nEm:       022000\nDsus2:    xx0230\nC:        x32010\nDsus2/F#: 2x0230\nAsus2:    x02200\nCmaj9/B:  x20010\nG6:       3x0030 (no 3)\nE5/D:     xx0450\nAm:       x02210\n\nStrum pattern in verse: strike the root then strum entire chord (Up,Down,X)\n\n[Intro]\nEm Dsus2/F# G6  Dsus2 E5/D  C Cmaj9/B Am  G/D Dsus2/F# Em\n\n(x2)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n'til he was thirty-five\n\n\nhe made up for his lost time\n\n\nthen unplug the phone\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nbeing seventeen and such\n\n\nin a deacon's daughter's touch\n\n\nfeeling lonely with a friend\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nDay after day\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm Dsus2/F# G6  Dsus2 E5/D  C Cmaj9/B Am  G/D Dsus2/F# Em\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nsaid she'd grant a wish for me\n\n\n\n\n\"Son, life's a game we play.\"\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\non the Maritime shore\n\n\nupon our lighthouse door\n\n\nshe never followed through\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nDay after day\n\n[Solo]\nEm    Em\nC     C\nDsus2 Dsus2\nC     B\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\nand I walked through the door\n\n\nlying on the floor\n\n\nand Johnny in the head\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\nwith just a cigarette light\n\n\nsometime in the night\n\n\nthough it was clear to me\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nDay after day\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nDay after day  after day after day\n\n[Outro]\nEm Dsus2/F# G6  Dsus2 E5/D  C Cmaj9/B Am  G/D Dsus2/F# 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