{"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":2108573,"song":"The Creek That Was","artist":"Lake Fork Verne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11457640-the-creek-that-was-chords-by-lake-fork-verne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2108573?type=chord","rating":0.0212,"votes":0,"content":"The Creek That Was\r\nby:  Verne Garrison, May 15, 2008\r\nat Valley Park,  Mo.\r\nBanjo tuned to E played in key of D\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was a little creek,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat ran thru the old Edwards place[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI used to pass it every week[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut now it is barely a trace[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNavy beans, little democrats, my dad called them[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWould soak all day in a pot of that creek water[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey were the main course[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf my grandparents supper[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat little creek is now grown over[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCorporate farmers plowed it shut[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey got three more feet for their rovers[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSealed shut, our memories to satisfy their glut[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I can still picture it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike it was when my dad was a lad[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith his little wooden bucket[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrawing water for their supper, how glad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can still see where it was,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I drive by the old place[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHidden in the grassy waterway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIgnoring the farm tractors noisy buzz[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, they boiled their navy (D beans[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLittle democrats is what my dad called them[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn that clear, clean creek water[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe creek that was..[/tab]\r\n\r\nNo creek there no more..","plain_text":"The Creek That Was\nby:  Verne Garrison, May 15, 2008\nat Valley Park,  Mo.\nBanjo tuned to E played in key of D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNo creek there no more..","chords":["E","D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}