{"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":2366585,"song":"Tecumseh Valley","artist":"Joe Ely","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11489293-tecumseh-valley-chords-by-joe-ely/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2366585?type=chord","rating":4.98378,"votes":5,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe name she gave was Caroline,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe daughter of a miner,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd her ways were free and it seemed to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe sunshine walked beside her,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe come from Spencer across the hill,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said her Pa had sent her,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThe coal was low and since the snow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWould turn the skies to winter.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said she'd come to look for work,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe was not seeking favors,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nFor a dime a day and a place to stay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe'd turn those hands to labor.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell the times were hard Lord the jobs were few,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll through Tecumseh Valley,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBut she asked around and a job she found,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTending bar for Gypsy Sally.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe saved enough to get back home,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen spring replaced the winter,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBut her dreams were denied her Pa had died,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the word came down from Spencer.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe turned to whorin' out on the streets,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith all the lust inside her,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nIt was many a man returned again,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo lay himself beside her.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell they found her down beneath the stairs,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat led to Gypsy Sally's,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nIn her hand when she died, was a note that cried,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFare thee well Tecumseh Valley.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe name she gave was Caroline,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe daughter of a miner,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd her ways were free and it seemed to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sunshine walked beside her.[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","G/B","Am7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}