{"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":2087443,"song":"Ringing Down The Years","artist":"Dave Cousins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11453615-ringing-down-the-years-chords-by-dave-cousins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2087443?type=chord","rating":0.11084,"votes":0,"content":"Dave Cousins - Ringing Down The Years\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe met when you were still a girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn Nineteen Sixty-Eight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou wore a white dress and a hat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI touched the hand of fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYour sweet voice took my breath away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour smile lit up your face[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou still had both feet on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I was out in space[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat certain sadness in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe secret of your smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've carried all these memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown many's the weary mile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every time I hear your name[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes moist up with tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs every word you ever sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nComes ringing down the years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe sat and talked the whole night long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf all our rights and wrongs[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf mutual acquaintances[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe sang each other's song\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou were with me when the morning broke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe birds refused to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey knew when they were beaten[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey hid beneath their wings[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat certain sadness in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe secret of your smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've carried all these memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown many's the weary mile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every time I hear your name[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes moist up with tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs every word you ever sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nComes ringing down the years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI was in a Cleveland hotel room[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWhen they telephoned the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI drowned my sorrows all day long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Southern Comfort blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe show went on to great applause[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChoking back the tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs every word you ever sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCame ringing down the years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI reached out for the hourglass[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo turn it face about[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut who knows where the time goes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen your time is running out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI know someday we'll meet again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know just what I'll find[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll have taught the angels how to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGeorgia, Georgia on my mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat certain sadness in your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe secret of your smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've carried all these memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown many's the weary mile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd every time I hear your name[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy eyes moist up with tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs every word you ever sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nComes ringing down the years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery word you ever sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRinging down the years[/tab]","plain_text":"Dave Cousins - Ringing Down The Years\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC  Am  F  C  Am  F  G\nC  Am  F  C  Am  F  G  C  G  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\nWe sang each other's song\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA7  Dm7  Em7  F  C  Dm7  Em7  F  G  Am\nBb  F  Ab    C  F  G  C  G  C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm  G  F  C  Am  C  E7  Am  G  F  Em7  F    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