{"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":2303363,"song":"Divers","artist":"Joanna Newsom","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11481532-divers-chords-by-joanna-newsom/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2303363?type=chord","rating":4.53511,"votes":10,"content":"[tab][Intro] (played through end of verse 1):\r\ne|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-10--13--12---------10----------------------------10------12-------------|\r\nG|-------------12--9------12----------9------12--9------12-----------------|\r\nD|----------------------------12--10-----12--------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA diver is my love[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(and I am his, if I am not deceived)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwho takes one breath above, for every hour below the sea[/tab]\r\n Am (alternate between Am and G/A)\r\nwho gave to me a jewel\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (alternate [ch]Am/G[/ch] and [ch]G[/ch])\r\nworth twice this woman's life (but would cost her less[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthan laying at low tide[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] (alternate [ch]Am[/ch] and [ch]Am/G[/ch])\r\nto see her true love phosphoresce)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd in an infinite regress:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTell me, why is the pain of birth[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlighter borne than the pain of death?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI ain't saying that I loved you first,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbut I loved you best.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI know we must abide[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (alternate [ch]G[/ch] and [ch]Am/G[/ch])\r\neach by the rules that bind us here:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] (alternate [ch]G/F[/ch] and [ch]Am/F[/ch]) [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthat divers, and the sailors, and the women on the pier.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut how do you choose your form?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow do you choose your name? How do you choose your life?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHow do you choose the time you must exhale, and kick, and rise?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd in an infinite capsize[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike a bull tearing down the coast,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\ndouble hulls bearing double masts–[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI don't know if you loved me most, but you loved me last[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nRecall the word you gave:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (alternate between [ch]G[/ch] and [ch]Am[/ch])\r\nto count your way across the depths of this arid world,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhere you would yoke the waves,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand lay a bed of shining pearls![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI dream it every night:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe ringing of the pail,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe motes of sand dislodged,[/tab]\r\n\r\nthe shucking, quick and bright;\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe twinned and cast-off shells reveal a single heart of white[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd in an infinite backslide:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAncient border, sink past the West,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a sword at the bearer's fall.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can't claim that I knew you best,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbut did you know me at all?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA woman is alive![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA woman is alive;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyou do not take her for a sign in nacre on a stone,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nalone, unfaceted and fine.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd never will I wed.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll hunt the pearl of death to the bottom of my life,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand ever hold my breath,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntill I may be the diver's wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee how the infinite divides:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand the divers are not to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfor the rift, spanning distant shores.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou don't know my name,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbut I know yours.[/tab]","plain_text":"F Am G F\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n Am (alternate between Am and G/A)\nwho gave to me a jewel\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nthe shucking, quick and bright;\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","F","Am","G/A","Am/G","C","Gm","Gb","Bb","G/F","Am/F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}