{"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":2247485,"song":"The Vacant Chair","artist":"Kathy Mattea","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11473381-the-vacant-chair-chords-by-kathy-mattea/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2247485?type=chord","rating":4.7581,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be one vacant chair; we shall linger to caress him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile we breathe our ev'ning pray'r when a year ago we gathered, joy was in his mild blue eyes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut a golden chord is severed, And our hopes in ruin  lie.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be one vacant chair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe shall linger to caress him, while we breathe our ev'ning pray'r.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAt our fireside, sad and lonely,often will the bosom swell  at remembrance of the story,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow our noble Willie fell; how he strove to bear our banner through the thickest of the fight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd uphold our country's honor, in the strength of manhood's night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be one vacant chair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe shall linger to caress him, while we breathe our ev'ning pray'r.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTrue, they tell us wreaths of glory ever more will deck his brow, but this soothes the anguish only,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSweeping o'er our heartstrings now. sleep today, oh early fallen, in thy green and narrow bed,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDirges from the pine and cypress mingle with the tears we shed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe shall meet but we shall miss him, there will be one vacant chair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe shall linger to caress him, while we breathe our ev'ning pray'r.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA    E    A \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA   D     E  A\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","E","D","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}