{"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":2449310,"song":"Angolas Lament","artist":"Sam Riggs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11501293-angolas-lament-chords-by-sam-riggs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2449310?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Angola's Lament - Sam Riggs and the Night People\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAngola ain't no place to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's for the lost who once were free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nFields of fear stretched far and wide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd razor wire goes to the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI make my round to the fields all day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhile the prisoners work their sins away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nShotgun perched upon my leg[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOn a sixteen hands tall thorough bred[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey sing ain't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\t\t        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDevil holds the key[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  \t  [ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut to get down on your knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDesperation in a troubled man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSpreads like poison in this land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've seen it all from this saddle son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYeah God rest yer soul if you try to run[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh now ash to ash and dust to dust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou're here because yer dreams went bust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust put that pick axe in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nKeep on moanin' that lonesome sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] \t  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nDevil holds the key[/tab]\r\n[tab]  \t[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\t\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut to get down on your knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] (strum once)\r\nWhen the cold wind blew through that old screen door[/tab]\r\nYou didn't hear their screams no more\r\nBlood on the walls and across the floor\r\nLord, what did ya do?\r\n\r\n[tab] \t[ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou drug ‘em down to that old oak tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDug a hole ‘neath the tire swing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWiped a tear threw in the ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]   \t   [ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a sawed off shotgun too[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou let ‘em down in the cold hard ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSide by side the way you found ‘em[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFallin' rain didn't make a sound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's when you knew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart\r\nDevil holds the key\r\n\r\n[tab] \t   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  \t   [ch]C[/ch]\t\t  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut to get down on your knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro] \r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Angola's Lament - Sam Riggs and the Night People\n\nDm  G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm   C G   Dm   C  G\n\n\nYou didn't hear their screams no more\nBlood on the walls and across the floor\nLord, what did ya do?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart\nAin't no way to mend a broken heart\nDevil holds the key\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro] \nDm  C G","chords":["Dm","G","C"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}