{"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":2578185,"song":"By The Fire","artist":"John Adams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11517098-by-the-fire-chords-by-john-adams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2578185?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"By The Fire\r\n6/8 feel\r\nStrum G chord to start\r\n\r\n   [Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn old man and a young boy sat among the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nListening to the wind that brought them to their knees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTell you a story of war and of peace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow young men like you died for our beliefs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShipped off for battle to kill and make claim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf far off lands and places burned away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGuns by their side and masks on their face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTrying to survive and get home in one piece[/tab]\r\n\r\n   [Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo tell them my story before I expire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell them of men who died by the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShow them the pictures of triumph and pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDon’t let them forget the sacrifices we made[/tab]\r\n\r\n   [Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKnow whats been done to let you be free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBlood sweat and tears was all I could see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFaced off with evil and turned it away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnly to have it resurface next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInternal struggle both close and afar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBrother against brother sent out from their farms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUnited we stand divided we fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan’t let petty troubles build up a wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n   [Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo tell them my story before I expire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell them of men who died by the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShow them the pictures of triumph and pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDon’t let them forget the sacrifices we made[/tab]\r\n\r\n   [Solo] \r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n   [Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe young boy asked what will be next[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old man replied I don’t know quite yet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRemember the ones who aren’t with us today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDied by my side never returned that day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo if your called and fight for the cause[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFreedom is something for you and for all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTerror from the East is now at our door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCan’t sit around and watch anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n   [Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo tell them my story before I expire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell them of men who died by the fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShow them the pictures of triumph and pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon’t let them forget the sacrifices we made[/tab]\r\n\r\nTag last line strum G chord whistle line","plain_text":"By The Fire\n6/8 feel\nStrum G chord to start\n\n   [Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n   [Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n   [Solo] \n G D Am C      G D Am C     G D Am C\n\n G D Am C Em\n\n   [Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   [Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nTag last line strum G chord whistle line","chords":["G","D","Am","C","Em"],"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]},"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]}}}