{"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":2243881,"song":"Cracker Night","artist":"John Williamson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11472662-cracker-night-chords-by-john-williamson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2243881?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTeary eyes at the window,  Where did Mum and Dad go?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI wish someone would hurry up and come and get me, Gee I'm scared[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cat shot through, She saw the light and fled.style='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'>[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCracker night was a real big deal, when I was a little kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Em7[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey started lettin' them off after tea I ran inside and hid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all the dogs from everywhere were underneath me bed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe all went down in our dressing gowns to see the big bonfire[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWide eyes watched the straw man burn on a milehigh pile of tyres[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHot as hell, big black smell and red hot rings of wire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSky rockets zinging,          Catherine wheels spinning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a flamin' evening,          Fire trucks were screaming[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSmoky haze hangin' round for days[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Grandma's ears were ringing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEverynight after school draggin' bits of wood, Boxes and branches[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand rotten old fences,  And mattresses were good.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe even scrounged a vinyl lounge  And anything we could[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLittle Guy Fawkes's and letter boxes  Blown all out of shape[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLight the wick and back off quick,    And make the big escape[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCackin ourselves and rippin' my shirt Scrambling through the gate[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSky rockets zinging,          Catherine wheels spinning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat a flamin' evening,          Fire trucks were screaming[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSmoky haze hangin' round for days[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Grandma's ears were ringing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA house burnt down on the edge of town  We all took off with Pa[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThis thing whizzed across the road And nearly hit our car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA bang and spark lit up the park And everyone went Ah! Ah! Ah![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCracker night was a real big deal, When I was a little kid,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em7[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt seems like only yesterday Tucked away in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDreams of schemes and double bunger Daring things we did.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]","chords":["D","G","Em7","A7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}