{"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":2472366,"song":"The Night Was Dark And Deep","artist":"Mary Black","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11504604-the-night-was-dark-and-deep-chords-by-mary-black/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2472366?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe were driving back from the country one night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nMom and Dad up the front, the rest of us snug and tight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy kid brother grumbled for a little minute[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd my big sister said he better quit it or die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt had been a long day in the countryside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nPlaying with the cousins on my mother’s side[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sound of the radio closed our eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nDrifting across the sea, then I fell asleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I don’t know what woke me up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nMaybe a country song or a big truck passing by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI could hear Mama and Papa talk[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nPapa said something and Mama began to cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo more words then, just soft sobs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nAnd my head began to throb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI just lay there playing dog[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBreathing slow and deep, they thought I was asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThey thought I was asleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt seemed like forever till the sobbing stopped[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nThen they talked for a little, but just too soft to hear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nDaddy kept looking to the side of her face[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nOne hand on the wheel, the other one stroking her hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHeadlights shining from the other way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nShowed tears on the cheeks of Daddy’s face[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI prayed for Jesus to send his grace[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd all our souls to keep, back then I believed it[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey thought I was asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe night was dark and deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI wish I was asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nHow I wish I was asleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]  x2","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC    Am7    C    Am7    F  Dm7  C  G    Am7\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nF  G  Am7  F  G  Am7  F  G  Am7  x2","chords":["C","Am7","F","Dm7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"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]}}}