{"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":2479224,"song":"Hanging By A Thread","artist":"Nickel Creek","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11505590-hanging-by-a-thread-chords-by-nickel-creek/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2479224?type=chord","rating":4.74246,"votes":9,"content":"The intro riff is meant to emulate the violin/mandolin part.\r\nThe second bass note is optional, but it makes reading the chord a little easier.\r\nIf you don't feel like playing it, just open with an A chord.\r\n\r\nIf you feel the chords are a little plain, add the 9 to A or D wherever they appear.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [Intro]\r\n             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\ne|---10--12--9-|\r\nB|-8---------8-|\r\nG|-----------9-|    x4\r\nD|-------------|\r\nA|-0---------0-|\r\nE|-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere's a kind of emptiness[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat can fill you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere's a kind of hunger[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat can eat you up[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere's a cold and darker side[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a lonely side of love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith you here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBaby I am strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo sign of weakness[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith you gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBaby I am hanging by a thread[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere's a certain kind of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat can numb you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere's a type of freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat can tie you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes the unexplained can define you[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes silence is the only sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith you here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBaby I am strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo sign of weakness[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith you gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBaby I am hanging by a thread[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Esus[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Abdim[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bbadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith you here[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBaby I am strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo sign of weakness[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith you gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBaby I am hanging by a thread[/tab]","plain_text":"The intro riff is meant to emulate the violin/mandolin part.\nThe second bass note is optional, but it makes reading the chord a little easier.\nIf you don't feel like playing it, just open with an A chord.\n\nIf you feel the chords are a little plain, add the 9 to A or D wherever they appear.\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nAm Dm Esus E Am Abdim C/G D/F# F\nD Bm Bbadd9\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","A7","B","G","E","Em7","Am","Dm","Esus","Abdim","C/G","D/F#","F","Bm","Bbadd9"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"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]}}}