{"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":2666196,"song":"Forty Years","artist":"Joe Jackson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11521141-forty-years-chords-by-joe-jackson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2666196?type=chord","rating":4.88428,"votes":3,"content":"(On the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere in Berlin - people line up to get in[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo wait for the end - living in glorious sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey've looked around - and now there is no looking back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo when rivers ran red - now it's the sky that grows black[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShadows are cast as two giants roam over the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe light a match - but what is that little flame worth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOnce allies danced and sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it was forty years ago[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere in D.C. - they talk about 'Euro-disease'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how the French are always so damn hard to please[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMotions are passed in Brussels but no one agrees[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd no one walks tall - but no-one gets down on their knees[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOnce allies laughed and drank[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it was forty years ago[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhere I come from[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey don't like Americans much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey think they're so loud, so tasteless, and so out of touch[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStiff upper lips are curled into permanent sneers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSelf-satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAwaiting the next forty years[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOnce allies cried and cheered[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it was forty years ago[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [repeat anb fade]","plain_text":"(On the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\nE  B  E  C  G  C   G\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\nE  B  E  C  G  C  G\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Outro]\nE  B  E  C  G C  G  [repeat anb fade]","chords":["E","B","C","G","A","F#m","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}