{"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":2409003,"song":"Since Ive Been Around","artist":"The Waifs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11496473-since-ive-been-around-chords-by-the-waifs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2409003?type=chord","rating":4.92177,"votes":14,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t\t       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWalking down the main street of this town where I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\t       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLooking at the things I?ve seen so many times before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\t           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI take a deep breath, smile and kick a stone along the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen so long since I?ve been around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\t\t     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's comfort in the way that everything still looks the same,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\t          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand people that I bump into they call me by my name,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\t            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt almost feels as though I never even left this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen so long since I?ve been around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\t         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd My girlfriend she lived on Hawdon St - man was she a sight,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\t           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes I would sneak into her bedroom late at night,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\t                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow she's not there - I'm told her family long since left the town,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen so long since I?ve been around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\t          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah Many of my friends they found some other place they'd rather be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t       [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\t        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I still now of one good mate shes gunna  keep me company[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\t            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I think I?m gonna call her up, we'll go and paint the town,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen so long since I?ve been around  (Middle)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\t       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stopped on by her place, years ago I knew her well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\t       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"lets go drink to old times at the Adelaide hotel'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\t            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said its twenty years now since they shut that old pub down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen so long since I?ve been around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\t                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah But the hospital's still standing, down over by the river shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\t      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the place where I took my first breath, so many years before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\t               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI take a deep breath now and feel my chest begin to pound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen so long since I?ve been around       (middle)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\t       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I'm lying by the river feeling lazy in the shade[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\t           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nChildren shout and splash about in water where I played[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\t                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm thinking I could stay a while, maybe  settle down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen so long since I?ve been around  (outro)[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["G","D","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}