{"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":2500806,"song":"The Poor Ditching Boy","artist":"Fairport Convention","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508881-the-poor-ditching-boy-chords-by-fairport-convention/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2500806?type=chord","rating":4.72656,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas there ever a winter so cold and so sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the river too weary to flood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe stormy wind cut through to my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut she cut through to my blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was looking for trouble to tangle my line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut trouble come a-looking for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI knew I was standing on treacherous ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I was sinking too fast to run free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith her scheming, idle ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe left me poor enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe storming wind cut through to my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut she cut through to me blood....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow I would not be asking, I would not be seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEither begging on a mountain or hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Til I’m ready and I’m blind, with my arms tied behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I’ve neither a mind nor a will[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, it’s bitter the need of the poor ditching boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor he’ll always believe what they say[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut they tell him it’s hard to be honest and true[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDoes he mind that he doesn’t get paid?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith her scheming, idle ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe left me poor enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe storming wind cut through to my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut she cut through to me blood[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith her scheming, idle ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe left me poor enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe storming wind cut through to my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut she cut through to me blood.....[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA      D    A\nA      D  E  A\nD  Bm  A  E  D  Bm  A\nA      D  E  A\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}