{"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":2117617,"song":"Evening Over Rooftops","artist":"The Edgar Broughton Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459685-evening-over-rooftops-chords-by-the-edgar-broughton-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2117617?type=chord","rating":4.80252,"votes":14,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe air was thick like honey[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooking from a room[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe room had open windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo let this springtime through[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nEvening stood by watchin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt the side of summer's promise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe flowers in her garden[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWere the envy of her friends[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHow far are we from dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs it nearly at an end?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow far are we from dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs it nearly at an end?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe smoke hung on the skyline[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe city fell in silence[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sunset, ripe and mellow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWas the light to write some thoughts by[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHer children watched for father[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom a window in the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid a prayer for grandpapa[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd maybe many more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSomewhere in the distance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the road so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heard the sound of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThough the people left for home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n\r\n(2x)\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThree birds flew off a building[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStanding proud against the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMany more flew with them[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSpiralled upwards like laughter[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFaster, harder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey rose up in a column[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHundreds upon hundreds[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd twice that many wingspeed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFour miles across[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStretched a million miles high[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe living pulsing column[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the lady of the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFeathers thrashed together[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLocked in that huge swarm[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI knew no-one could see it[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now that it was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI rubbed my eyes and tried to find[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA reason for the flight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nExodus, escape[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOr was it just for me to see?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike the mating of the earth and air[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike water is to flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe envy of her friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHow far are we from dying, is it nearly at an end?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHow far are we from dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs it nearly at an end?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow far are we from dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs it nearly at an end?...[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nDm Dm\nC C\nBb C\nDm Dm\n\nDm Dm\nC C\nBb C\nDm Dm\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n\n(2x)\nDm Dm\nC C\nBb C\nDm Dm\n\n[Verse]\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\n[Chorus]","chords":["Dm","C","Bb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]}}}