{"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":2457044,"song":"Bur Oak","artist":"Bowerbirds","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11502425-bur-oak-chords-by-bowerbirds/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2457044?type=chord","rating":4.70201,"votes":5,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]           [ch]Gdim/Bb[/ch]           [ch]Fm6[/ch]\r\nThe room calls to me, says we're all strung out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\n(And the beat we both stomp on the floor)[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]                 [ch]Fm[/ch]\r\nWhile outside the leopard frogs sing sweetly[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nThese are the hymns that today we've ignored[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]            [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Cm7[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd all across the desert, and all up in the mountains:[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Cm7[/ch]               [ch]Bb7[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]      [ch]Bb9[/ch]\r\nA wind so loud that we might never mention[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]         [ch]Gdim/Bb[/ch]   [ch]Fm6[/ch]\r\nAnd heres to my lovers hands and feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nThey are the roots that will weave through the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]Fm6[/ch]\r\nAnd down in the dirt, in her wandering[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nFind the snail to give us breath, to give us words[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm7[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]Cm7[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nHe asks us for our patience, he asks us for our patience[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm7[/ch]          [ch]Bb7[/ch]                  [ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]Bb9[/ch]\r\nAnd he asks us what we have done for our souls lately[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Fm[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nDown by the bur oak tree, I had lost your locket in the loam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                   [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd there fell to my knees, neath the coil and the brush of the fern[/tab]\r\n\r\n[instrumental]\r\n[ch]Cm9[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]           [ch]Gdim/Bb[/ch]    [ch]Fm6[/ch]\r\nThe candles light dances across the table[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nAnd will burn at the tip of my pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]      [ch]Fm6[/ch]\r\nAnd lures all the moths into the kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nTo spin tales and bend truths through the evening[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm7[/ch]                   [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Cm7[/ch]                   [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd scribe for them their stories; we scribe for them their stories[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Cm7[/ch]         [ch]Bb7[/ch]                   [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Bb9[/ch]\r\nWhile they wax and wax of their lives in the country[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Fm[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nDown by the bur oak tree, I had lost your locket in the loam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                   [ch]Ab[/ch]               [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd there fell to my knees, neath the coil and the brush of the fern[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[instrumental]\nCm9 G Bb Bb7\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Cm7","Gdim/Bb","Fm6","Ab","G7","Eb","C7","Fm","Bb7","Bb9","A","Cm9","G","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}