{"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":2512881,"song":"The Gamekeeper","artist":"Show of Hands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510595-the-gamekeeper-chords-by-show-of-hands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2512881?type=chord","rating":4.66297,"votes":4,"content":"This is my interpretation. It might not be 100% accurate, but I think it's close. Feel free to send amends.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn Devonshire I was a keeper,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nHalf my life I lived outdoors.[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t \t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nUsing skills my father taught me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn land that edged the open moors.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd cut the snares of every poacher,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nRising hours before the sun.[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI set traps and planted cover,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd drove the birds towards the guns.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nI fought in France like half this county,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith all the skills I brought from home.[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI set traps and laid the wires,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nTil the earth grew red as Devon's own.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nJuly the first, nineteen sixteen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe early rose, passed round the rum.[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe whistles blew and we broke cover,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd walked in line towards the guns.[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe walked in line towards the guns.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack on the land, I hire the beaters,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when the glorious twelfth has come.[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]D[/ch]\t\t[ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe stand in line, we wait in silence,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t[ch]C[/ch]\t\t[ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd walk once more towards the guns.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe walk towards the waiting guns.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe walk towards the waiting guns.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe walk towards the waiting guns.[/tab]","plain_text":"This is my interpretation. It might not be 100% accurate, but I think it's close. Feel free to send amends.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]","chords":["C","G","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}