{"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":2125989,"song":"Charles Guiteau","artist":"Kelly Harrell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11461328-charles-guiteau-chords-by-kelly-harrell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2125989?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"This is the basic melody of the song that can be played all the\r\nway through with embellishment, or as an instrumental break:\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\ne|-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-------------1-1----1-1--------------------1-1----1-1--------|\r\nG|-----------2------2------3-2-0-----------0------0------------|\r\nD|-----3-3-3-------------------------2-2-2---------------0-2-3-|\r\nD|---3-----------------------------3---------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nCome all you tender Christians[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWherever you may be[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd likewise pay attention\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo these few lines from me.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI was down at the depot\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo make my getaway[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Providence being against me,\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt proved to be too late.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI tried to play off insane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut found it would not do;[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe people all against me,\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt proved to make no show.[/tab]\r\n\r\nJudge Cox he passed the sentence,\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe clerk he wrote it down,[/tab]\r\n\r\nOn the thirtieth day of June\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo die I was condemned.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy name is Charles Guiteau,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy name I'll never deny,[/tab]\r\n\r\nTo leave my aged parents\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo sorrow and to die.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut little did I think\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile in my youthful bloom[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'd be carried to the scaffold\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo meet my fatal doom.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy sister came in prison[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo bid her last farewell.[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe threw her arms around me;\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe wept most bitterly.[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe said, \"My loving brother,\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToday you must die[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor the murder of James A. Garfield\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nUpon the scaffold high.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now I mount the scaffold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo bid you all adieu,[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe hangman now is waiting,\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's a quarter after two.[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe black cap is o'er my face,\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo longer can I see,[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut when I'm dead and buried,\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDear Lord, remember me.[/tab]","plain_text":"This is the basic melody of the song that can be played all the\nway through with embellishment, or as an instrumental break:\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nAnd likewise pay attention\n\n\nI was down at the depot\n\n\nAnd Providence being against me,\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nThe people all against me,\n\n\nJudge Cox he passed the sentence,\n\n\nOn the thirtieth day of June\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nTo leave my aged parents\n\n\nBut little did I think\n\n\nI'd be carried to the scaffold\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nShe threw her arms around me;\n\n\nShe said, \"My loving brother,\n\n\nFor the murder of James A. Garfield\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nThe hangman now is waiting,\n\n\nThe black cap is o'er my face,\n\n\nBut when I'm dead and buried,","chords":["F","C","B","G","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}