{"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":2257701,"song":"Heading For Halifax","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11475370-heading-for-halifax-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2257701?type=chord","rating":4.54456,"votes":9,"content":"[Intro] \r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLate spring the leaves have turned green[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there's sheep on the hill side, there's birds on the wing.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOver my shoulder the last time I'm seeing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe old home all weathered and grey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe talked till three, my father and me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the fiddle tunes flowed like the clear Marga-ree,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Never for-get who you are,son\", said he.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs I followed my brothers away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm heading for Halifax to see what's to spare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the way of some work and if there's nothing there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's Toronto, out west, to God only knows where,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut there's bound to be friends from back home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne thing I know, wherever I go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy heart's in Cape Breton it will always be so.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen-ever the fiddler rosins the bow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy first and last thoughts are of home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      \r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm heading for Halifax to see what's to spare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the way of some work and if there's nothing there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's Toronto, out west, to God only knows where,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut there's bound to be friends from back home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne thing I know, wherever I go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy heart's in Cape Breton it will always be so.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen-ever the fiddler rosins the bow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy first and last thoughts are of home.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro] \nG  D  G  C  G  Em  D  D\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[Instrumental]\nG  D  G  C  G  Em  D  D      \nG  D  C  G  D  C  G  G\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["G","D","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}