{"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":2388245,"song":"Towing The Line","artist":"Ben Howard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11493363-towing-the-line-chords-by-ben-howard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2388245?type=chord","rating":4.87295,"votes":44,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTowing the line[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI watched the host drink all the wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now she rambles through the who and who have not[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe old man is a painter of tired seascapes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTired of adventure so my mind wanders[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPicking at the table to cure the rot[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLike a bird in a world with no trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou were hung up there in your disbelief[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI know I'm a hard rock to drag around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLove is in the early mornings[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the shadows under the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot in the cuckolded ashes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFloating down from the rookery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown here I crow for you, you crow for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown here I crow for you, you crow for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTowing the line[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI watched the host drink all the wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm purring for a drop of anything[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThrowing stones at your window[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou telling me as if it's simple[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhy can't you be like the blackbird and sing?[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI say \"I'm the westerlies in Ireland[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo decadent and violent[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan't you see I'm a forager[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCrawling at the bedrock?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLove is in the early mornings[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the shadows under the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot in the cuckolded ashes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFloating down from the rookery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown here I crow for you, you crow for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown here I crow for you, you crow for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] x2","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\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[Outro]\nBb F C x2","chords":["Bb","F","C","Dm","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}