{"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":2442677,"song":"The Fairest Way","artist":"Midlake","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11500292-the-fairest-way-chords-by-midlake/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2442677?type=chord","rating":4.62916,"votes":6,"content":"\"The Fairest Way\" by Midlake\r\na brilliant yet not very well-known song by good old Midlake\r\n(I still wonder why it´s meant to belong to \"The trials of Van Occupanther\" and not to \"Courage of others\",\r\nfor it sounds a lot more similar to it)\r\n\r\n[Intro with flute]  x2\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Vers 1]\r\n(soft picking)\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fairest way for any man to have his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs forty years of undisturbed work[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd while the rest are buried under stone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen do you want to go off on our own?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] x2\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Vers 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRolling towns of pastures green and mountainsides[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nReflected light off winding streams that run for miles[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanted to try my hand but I am old[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now it's too late, you'll never get to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] x2\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Vers 3]\r\n(strumming)\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFinding the path to be taken[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas forced by a desperate ruler[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho gave mostly hardships and earful news[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut thought himself generous and fair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Vers 4]\r\n(harder picking)\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay me besi--de the mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhose shelter inci--tes the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut who dares disturb those that rest nearby[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe mountain?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro with flute] x2\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"\"The Fairest Way\" by Midlake\na brilliant yet not very well-known song by good old Midlake\n(I still wonder why it´s meant to belong to \"The trials of Van Occupanther\" and not to \"Courage of others\",\nfor it sounds a lot more similar to it)\n\n[Intro with flute]  x2\nAm G F G\n\n[Vers 1]\n(soft picking)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] x2\nAm G F G\n\n[Vers 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] x2\nAm G F G\n\n[Vers 3]\n(strumming)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Vers 4]\n(harder picking)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro with flute] x2\nAm G F G","chords":["Am","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}