{"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":2132709,"song":"Grandpas Barn","artist":"Norman Blake","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11462814-grandpas-barn-chords-by-norman-blake/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2132709?type=chord","rating":4.93391,"votes":4,"content":"[ch]C[/ch]   x32010\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   x3321x\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike a battle worn soldier, it's faithfully stood[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA modest creation, built mostly of wood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut time and neglect, they've taken their toll[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now grandpa's barn, stands forgotten and old[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe roof has turned brown, from the rust on the tin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAny day now the whole thing, could come tumbling in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe hinges have rusted, on the big oaken doors[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd johnson grass grows through, the cracks in the boards[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the manger hangs single trees, harness and such[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere he left them there covered, with cobwebs and dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's his old slick fork saddle, he was once a cowboy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a shame what the years and the mice will destroy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a chill in the loft now, it's silent and stale[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere grandchildren played, in sweet clover bails[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere raindrops were lullabies, on dark stormy days[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor little girls and kittens, asleep in the hay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember that sound, of an old man's laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now all I hear, is the wind in the rafters[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it speaks of a sadness, that time's passing brings[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd makes faded old memories and tobacco juice stains[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut old barns they vanish, like castles of sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTheir glory fades quickly, like youth from a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a season they'll bloom, shining fruits of his toil[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen in time's deadly grip, they crumble back into soil[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbandoned it stands, like an ancient grey ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSurrounded by weeds and rotten fence posts[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a bittersweet relic, of an old man and his farm[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI close the gate for the last time, as I leave grandpa's barn[/tab]","plain_text":"C   x32010\nF   x3321x\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["C","F","Am","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}