{"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":2092221,"song":"By The Book","artist":"Michael Peterson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11454470-by-the-book-chords-by-michael-peterson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2092221?type=chord","rating":0.15369,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs I slowly turn the pages I see all these smiling faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to be-lieve it was today ten years a-go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHere is the invitation To our wedding celebration[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust look at the promise that these pictures show  I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I had loved her by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe would be right here by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe fool that I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI overlooked my promist to love her forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor worst or for better [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nWe'd still be together If I had loved her by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I opened this book more often I wouldn't have forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHow much she cared and how much I meant my solomn vows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo honor To have and hold her But as I read them over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know it's too late to say I'm sorry now Somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I had loved her by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe would be right here by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe fool that I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI overlooked my promist to love her forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor worst or for better [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]            \r\nWe'd still be together If I had loved her [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I had loved her by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe would be right here by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe fool that I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI overlooked my promist to love her forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFor worst or for better [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nWe'd still be together If I had loved her by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf I had loved her by the book[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]","chords":["D","A","Bm","G","A7","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}