{"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":2388129,"song":"Esther","artist":"The Hold Steady","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11493347-esther-chords-by-the-hold-steady/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2388129?type=chord","rating":4.74631,"votes":9,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the middle of a mission I met Esther in the kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDrinking something blue it looked like Windex[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe could shake but couldn't really sing, Sharpened like a feral thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHelped me with my part when I lost interest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\t [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe said her name was Esther I said baby that sounds biblical[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAin't she the one that came up after Vashti?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah and then some other stuff[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt some point there I fell in love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen she heard a song she liked and lost me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe party ended suddenly, suddenly it's over[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat left me an Esther all alone and getting older[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll alone and getting older smoking in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow everything is Esther and it's been that way all week[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe times that we were powerless were times that I remember best[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen it first came on it felt just like a blanket[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnce we had a little bit we pretty much just wasted it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTraded in our tickets for drinks and little trinkets[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe scene back in the city was the opposite of freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were always so damn broke it was this whole dependent fallacy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey started shooting so the songs of the future[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEsther always wants it how it used to be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSongs all ran together and the kids ran outta liquor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat's when me and Esther started staring at each other[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStarted staring at each other feeling pretty sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow everything is Esther it's been that way all week[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe parties fall to pieces the endings are so heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nFeels like no one's watching when we're this deep in the valley[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen we're this deep in the valley you can see so many stars[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen Esther told her story we were sitting in the car[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t [ch]F[/ch]\r\n She said her folks were never close[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey had me 'cause they had to[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one named me Esther[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat came up a little later[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was after some detective[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCame around here with some questions[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI went out to Colorado[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWas mostly in the motels[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStarted living pretty reckless[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStarted calling myself Esther[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI just felt like someone different[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFelt like someone different and I never could forgive[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAll the movies in our heads about the lives we wanna live[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\t [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe lives we wanna live are all free of pain and fear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow Esther's getting cigarettes and me I'm buying beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFelt like someone different felt like someone else[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe almost died in Denver, she did it to herself[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\t [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe did it herself, there's only her to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf course I call her Esther I don't know her other name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] \t [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe's never going home her folks were never close[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe mostly watch the TV crack the windows when we smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\t [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer aura is amazing her room is kind of bleak[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI met Esther at a party got together for a week[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC Am G Am C G Am\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\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC Am F x2\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC Am F","chords":["C","Am","G","E","F","Em"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}