{"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":2108721,"song":"Burnin Stalks","artist":"Lake Fork Verne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11457704-burnin-stalks-chords-by-lake-fork-verne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2108721?type=chord","rating":0.17808,"votes":0,"content":"Burnin Stalks\r\nby: Verne Garrison\r\nValley Park, Mo 10-27-06\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLate in the fall, after the shuckin was done,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe whole family would go to the fields.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe took rakes, and matches and a kerosene jug[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust us, no wagons, no wheels[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe would rake all the stalks into rows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLine them up with the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrop a match on the coal oil spot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was then that the fun would begin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe leaping flames would follow the smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCrackin and poppin corn sparks into the dark sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were burning the trashno joke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo when we plowed next spring the ground would be dry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the cold fall nights, wed hug the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStaying close enuf to stay warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWed keep runnin and burnin till the work was done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHelping out, when we were just kids on the farm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow I can still smell the heavy smoke,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd some say we did more harm than good[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the memories I have of poor farm folks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThings turned out a lot better than we thought they would[/tab]","plain_text":"Burnin Stalks\nby: Verne Garrison\nValley Park, Mo 10-27-06","chords":["D","A","G"],"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]}}}