{"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":2315255,"song":"Etta James","artist":"Brian Fallon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11482875-etta-james-chords-by-brian-fallon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2315255?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":45,"content":"I'm assuming Brian plays this with a capo, since he doesn't typically play\r\nshapes in the key of F, but if you wanna ditch the capo, just transpose up 3 so the\r\nfirst chord reads \"F\".\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDid you spend most of your life waitin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn a fairytale read between pages?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDid you huddle up close to your boombox radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs somebody waiting on the same song?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we sold our souls on the fantasies[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwe found in records and black and white movies[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I used to beg June to burn me alive,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nif that would get me anywhere but here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow Etta James, hit that symphony[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause she drips through my blood like a remedy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd for most of my sad life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI figured I was gonna die alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause I just burned in the curve of my scars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwenty long years away from your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTil finally, finally, my love is in my arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy love is in my arms[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it was impossible[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nto hold on to anything[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn my chest was a lonesome, growing cyclone[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI kept pictures tucked up into the rearview above[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto the sirens all lost in the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all we wanted was absolutely everything[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike foolish, hungry young lions[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was lost and alone, a million light years from home[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt was nobody's fault but mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow Etta James, hit that symphony[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause she drips through my blood like a remedy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd for most of my sad life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI figured I was gonna die alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause I just burned in the curve of my scars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwenty long years away from your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut finally, finally, my love is in my arms[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd was there a hole in your life?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDid you kill to keep warm but somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nnever quite satisfied?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo you feel like it's always time to go?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it's always wrong, and it's always off,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand it's hard to know, which heart to hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow do you lie to someone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nis someone else, on your mind?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDo you lie to someone with me on your mind?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow Etta James, hit that symphony[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause she drips through my blood like a remedy[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd for most of my sad life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI figured I was gonna die alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause I just burned in the curve of my scars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwenty long years away from your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTil finally, finally, my love is in my arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy love is in my arms[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEtta James, Etta James[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEtta James, it's been a long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEtta James, Etta James[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEtta James, it's been a long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(At last, at last)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEtta James, it's been a long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(At last, at last)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEtta James, it's been a long time coming[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike Etta said, my love has come along[/tab]","plain_text":"I'm assuming Brian plays this with a capo, since he doesn't typically play\nshapes in the key of F, but if you wanna ditch the capo, just transpose up 3 so the\nfirst chord reads \"F\".\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nD Bm D G (x2)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["F","D","Bm","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}