{"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":2504733,"song":"Birches","artist":"Mark Erelli","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11509432-birches-chords-by-mark-erelli/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2504733?type=chord","rating":4.85747,"votes":3,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey sat at each end of the couch[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd watched as the fire burned down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo quiet on this winter's night[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot a porch light on for miles around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he said, \"I think I'll fill the stove[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's getting time for bed\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe looked up, \"I think I'll have some wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow 'bout you?\" she asked, and he declined[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Warren,\" she said[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Maybe just for tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLet's fill the stove with birches[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd watch as the fire burns bright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow long has it been?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's been quite a while[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPour yourself half a glass and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStay with me a little while\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Warren, he shook his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs if she'd made some kind of joke[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Birches? On a winter night?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo, we'll fill the stove with oak\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Oak will burn as long and hot[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs a July afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBirch will burn itself out[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the rising of the moon\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"And you hate a cold house same as me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAm I right or not?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"All right, all right that's true\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said, \"It was just a thought\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen she said, \"Warren, you do look tired[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMaybe you should go up to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'll take care of the wood tonight\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oak\", he told her, \"Oak\", she said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe listened to his footsteps[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs he climbed up the stairs[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen she pulled a sweater on her and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSet her wine glass on a chair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe walked down the cellar to the wood-box[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was cold as an ice chest[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen climbed back up with four logs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEach as white as a wedding dress[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd she filled the stove and poured the wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen she sat down on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe curled her legs beneath her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs the fire sprang to life once more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it filled the room with it's hungry light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it cracked as it drew air[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the shadows danced a jittery waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike no one else was there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe stood up in the heat, and[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe twirled around the room[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the shadows, they saw nothing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut a young girl on her honeymoon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd she knew the time, it would be short[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSoon the fire would start to fade[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe thought of heat, she thought of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe called it an even trade[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC  G  Em    Dm   F  G\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[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[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[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C","G","Em","Dm","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}