{"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":2482254,"song":"Dear Mccracken","artist":"Bug Hunter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11506538-dear-mccracken-chords-by-bug-hunter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2482254?type=chord","rating":4.93676,"votes":272,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI just stepped on a plane, my bags on the shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI find my seat in the middle and plan to keep to myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe pilot comes on, says \"there's been a delay\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I sigh, buckle up, and prepare for the wait[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's a middle-aged woman on my right by the window[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo ring on her finger maybe divorced or a widow?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe's drafting an email and from where I am seated[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI can side-eye that shit, so of course I'm gon' read it[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt said:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDear McCracken[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis is already great dude's got a pen pal and a killer last name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe opens with an inside joke and she's hopin' to set a casual tone, her words carefully chosen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe was sure that her week spent in Houston would drag[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut then a face from her past quickly changed all of that[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe trip was for business, she's used to the travel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut this time she's not ready to head back to Seattle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't admit the half of it that I want to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo I pretend? Do I push you away?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm jet laggin' McCracken and I'll give you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll give you your space[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI can tell by the abuse of the backspace key[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's a heart balanced on how her words are perceived[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe's retyped that fourth paragraph four times[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSwinging the tone back forth until she's so satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat he knows that even though their paths have diverged[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's an air of regret but not enough to reverse[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I am stunned, there I sit, completely convinced[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat once you grow old you stop dealin' with this[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe uncertain, the hurtin', the feelin like dirt when things don't[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWork out by the fall of the curtain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe hits send, powers off, and we're ready to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I am sad for the passion that McCracken, he might never know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't admit the half of it that I want to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo I pretend? Do I push you away?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm jet laggin' McCracken and I'll give you[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'll give you your\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDear McCracken, I'm keepin' this on my chest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI said a lot of things but none of them what I meant[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo I pretend? Do I try to forget?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm jet laggin' McCracken and I wish you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wish you the best[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought, I thought by that age[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur broken hearts had seen their worst[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought that kind of heartache was meant for the young[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut we're never too old to hurt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought, I thought by that age[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOur broken hearts had seen their worst[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought that kind of heartache was meant for the young[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut we're never too old to hurt[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI just stepped off a plane, I've got one regret[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI know I'll never get closure or ever see how it ends[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo I won't know his answer, what happens between them[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd why she kept her cards so close even she couldn't see them[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat gave her such pause when she so clearly wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo tell you all the emotions she tried so hard to bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll never know why she kept the honest truth from you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut oh Dear McCracken[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the rough draft[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOh in the rough draft[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the rough draft she loved you[/tab]","plain_text":"It said:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC   G    Am  F  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nI'll give you your\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC     G     Am     F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC      G    Am       F","chords":["C","Em","Am","F","G","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}