{"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":2254019,"song":"The Vow","artist":"Cory Branan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11474580-the-vow-chords-by-cory-branan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2254019?type=chord","rating":4.50598,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy old man was young once[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOr so the photo album claims[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Flip the page the baby jumps[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome twenty years and change[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom the cradle to the naval base[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA newlywed recruit[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThrough the boot camp of a family man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a loose civilian suit[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut it was anchors aweigh now[/tab]\r\n\r\nSinging \"Courage, service true\"\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll them anchors will weigh you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you ain't fit for blue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat did I know about it then?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat do I know now?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have known the kind of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt takes to keep the vow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo keep the vow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'd say \"Well I just thought…\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd he'd cut me off\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaying ‘That's what you get for thinking'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember thinking that's probably not the best lesson for a kid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd although that was just something he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I see what I get with my thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI get to thinking he may have been some kinda genius[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the effortless way he just did[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI learned your word is one thing,[/tab]\r\n\r\nYou keep it if you give it out\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            \r\nBut silence fans the fires a man [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nRequires to keep the vow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat did I know about it then?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat do I know now?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have known the kind of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt takes to keep the vow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo keep the vow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Middle 8]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nI could've curled up in one footprint,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne giant laugh, one giant hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUntil the sickness and the treatment[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShrunk him down to just a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA shrinking man still tinkering with my old busted car[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen his wedding ring must've slipped into the muddy yard[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAt least that's what he figured when he noticed it was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can still see him on his knees digging up that lawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                     \r\nNow the flag is folded and the numbers are carved, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMississippi is glistening green[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                            \r\nAnother summer's softly calling off [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe search for missing things[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I have found that something kept [/tab]\r\n\r\nTo keep me company\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]             \r\nOn these nights when me and my old man [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGo digging into dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhat did I know about it then?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat do I know now?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have known the kind of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt takes to keep the vow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can only hope as I propose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo man the outpost now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll be armed with memories of the man it takes to keep the vow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo keep the vow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] x4","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC F Am F\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\nSinging \"Courage, service true\"\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC F Am F\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nAnd he'd cut me off\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\nYou keep it if you give it out\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC F Am F\n\n[Middle 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\nTo keep me company\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC F Am F x4","chords":["C","F","Am","G","A","Gm","G7"],"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}