{"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":2580348,"song":"Johns Cocoons","artist":"Michael McNevin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11517403-johns-cocoons-chords-by-michael-mcnevin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2580348?type=chord","rating":0.15842,"votes":0,"content":"[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nEvery spring it happens, like so many good things do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nMy big brother climbs the birch trees collecting moth cocoons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nHe puts them in a shoebox and he waits for them to hatch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGiant Polyphemus moths, 21 or 2 in a batch[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd when they hatch it’s showtime, the family watches with delight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nAs he puts them on the kitchen curtains so they can hang their wet wings against the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd slowly they uncrumple, and hours may go by[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nBut you know patience is a virtue when you see them start to fly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every spring it happens like so many good things do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy big brother climbs the birch trees collecting moth cocoons.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                 [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nNow they’re twice the size of swallowtails, morning cloaks and monarchs are no match[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nWings tan and brown, thick as velvet, with painted decoy eyes of blue and black[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd when their furry wings get dry enough they fly from room to room[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nTheir legs are like tarantulas and they sometimes land on you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they have no bites or stingers, they are born without a mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nThey have one day to live and die, so it’s time for John to let them out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd every spring it happens like so many good things do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy big brother climbs the birch trees collecting moth cocoons.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe has a microscope and a clarinet and he’s happy on his limb[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe loves me as I am and I want to be like him[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe’s good at drawing dinosaurs, prehistoric murals fill his room[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe lets me in when I am bored, when I need a cocoon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd one by one the leave us for the branches of our yard[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m sure no one would believe us if we told them it was hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nTo see them fly beyond our fences, the wind lifts their bodies’ weight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nTo find the nearest birch trees, to find their mates and lay their eggs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo that every spring it happens like so many good things do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy big brother climbs the birch trees collecting moth cocoons[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYes my brother John emerges to climb the birches[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor moth cocoons.[/tab]","plain_text":"[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["G","C7","D","Dsus","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}