{"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":2395501,"song":"Carrying The Torch","artist":"The Grahams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11494230-carrying-the-torch-chords-by-the-grahams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2395501?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"CARRYING THE TORCH\r\n\r\n\"Carrying The Torch\" is the 3rd track on the\r\n\r\n\r\nCAP0 3rd FRET\r\n\r\nCHORDS:\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]BASIC STRUM PATTERN:\r\n[ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nD-DU-UDU-D-D-D[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nShe walks the halls in a white lace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nA glass of Daddy's bourbon in her hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                   \r\nDaddy's not around to drink it anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's planted six feet under Alabama land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy brother wore the uniform[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mother waited out on the porch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy lover played that fluglehorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack when he was carrying the torch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe never listens to the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe listens to the music playing in her head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen there's a party she doesn't care to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe stays at home and looks at pictures instead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nOne of her brother in the uniform[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne of her mother out on the porch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPhoto of her lover playing flugelhorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack when he was carrying the torch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack when he was carrying the torch...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMama never liked his music anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy never liked that St. Louis look[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey sent him back by Greyhound way...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith twenty-five bucks... and the holy book...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  -  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  -  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch] - [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo now she sits alone and waits for nights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sings a melody from days gone by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter thirty years it feels alright[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one left even wonders why[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe lost that old uniform[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe never sits out on the porch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut she's still got that flugelhorn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith no one left carrying the torch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one left carrying the torch...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo one left carrying the torch...[/tab]","plain_text":"CARRYING THE TORCH\n\n\"Carrying The Torch\" is the 3rd track on the\n\n\nCAP0 3rd FRET\n\nCHORDS:\nG - C - Am - D\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nG - C - G\nG - C - G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC  -  Em\nC  -  Em\nC - G - D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","Am","D","A","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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}