{"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":2172823,"song":"Concrete Sea","artist":"Terry Jacks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11466119-concrete-sea-chords-by-terry-jacks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2172823?type=chord","rating":4.68405,"votes":16,"content":"[*The Intro riff or what I am going refer to as the [Refrain] riff\r\n reoccurs throughout the song.*\r\n*Note that he adds the riff an extra time in the final verse.]\r\nI know a few ways to play it:\r\n\r\n[tab]1) on the low [ch]E[/ch] and [ch]A[/ch] strings\r\nA|-2-0------2-0-----|\r\nE|-----3-2------3-2-|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]2) I prefer to play it using power chords- or you could use any other\r\n   chords you can think of\r\n   The riff just goes [ch]B[/ch]- [ch]A[/ch]- [ch]G[/ch]- [ch]F#[/ch] X2\r\ne|-------------------|\r\nB|-------------------|\r\nG|-4-2------4-2------|\r\nD|-4-2-3-2--4-2-3-2--|\r\nA|-2-0-3-2--2-0-3-2--|\r\nE|-----5-4------5-4--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]3) Or you can get away with just strumming the [ch]Em[/ch] chord\r\nTerry Jacks- Concrete Sea (1972)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro or Refrain]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heard some music being played today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI heard a song but the words were wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt didn't matter to me anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D [/ch]                            \r\nSome people really don't care what they say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI started looking to the sky today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's so big and it's so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've got too many things inside my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [Refrain]\r\nI wish that I could be up there instead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one is meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLiving here in a concrete sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone, including me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [Refrain]\r\nWishes he could be set free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then I looked into the ocean blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's so deep and it's so quiet too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's just too many people everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [Refrain]\r\nI wish that I was down there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one is meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLiving here in a concrete sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone, including me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [Refrain]\r\nWishes he could be set free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI heard a story being told today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [Refrain]\r\nAbout a man and just how he got away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou got to leave the things you grow up for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [Refrain]\r\nTurn your head and start to swim for shore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one is meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLiving here in a concrete sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone, including me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [Refrain]\r\nWishes he could be set free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one is meant to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLiving here in a concrete sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone, including me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [Refrain]\r\nWishes he could be set free[/tab]","plain_text":"[*The Intro riff or what I am going refer to as the [Refrain] riff\n reoccurs throughout the song.*\n*Note that he adds the riff an extra time in the final verse.]\nI know a few ways to play it:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro or Refrain]\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B","G","F#","D","Em","C","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}