{"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":2289149,"song":"Iron And Diamonds","artist":"Gibson Brothers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479857-iron-and-diamonds-chords-by-gibson-brothers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2289149?type=chord","rating":4.6706,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUp on Lyon Mountain, the houses look the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWeathered wood hid kids and wives and lives that never changed.[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt belonged to the Delware and Hudson,\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEvery bit of iron-rich ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a pile of sand, big and blue, grew out back of town.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSix days went the company, one to the Lord above;[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut the town lived for the afternoon\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat was given to the ball and glove.[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAround the horn, a can of corn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA ground ball will get you two.[/tab]\r\n\r\nA life of iron and diamonds\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas all the miners knew.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were Poles and Lithuanians; Itals and Irish too.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey dug into America down a hole deep, dark, and cruel.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSome crossed the sea to get there;\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome were born to die there too.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSons followed steps down to the mines behind dads they never knew.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey came alive between the foul lines with pride and dignity.[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn the bleachers and the batter's box\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA mind could be free.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAround the horn, a can of corn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA ground ball will get you two.[/tab]\r\n\r\nA life of iron and diamonds\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas all the miners knew.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nIt belonged to the Delware and Hudson,\n\n\n\n\nBut the town lived for the afternoon\n\n \n[Chorus] \n\n\n\nA life of iron and diamonds\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nSome crossed the sea to get there;\n\n\n\n\nIn the bleachers and the batter's box\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\nA life of iron and diamonds","chords":["Am","G","Em","C","Dm","A"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}