{"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":2687769,"song":"China Blue","artist":"Jackson C. Frank","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11524245-china-blue-chords-by-jackson-c-frank/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2687769?type=chord","rating":4.75811,"votes":4,"content":"This is a simple version, not including a lot of the fiinger picking and hammers/pulls that grow \r\nthroughout\r\nthe song (also on a second guitar in the recording).\r\nIt's quite easy to play around with fingerpicking and add some of the basic melody, so just\r\nfeel your way around until you find a good way to play it. Maybe someone more\r\nskilled than me can work out more of the actual tune, but for playing it on one guitar I find it ok \r\njust to\r\nplay around between the Ds and the Gs, fingerpicking and little fills like:\r\n\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]e -----2-2------3p2-0--------0-0---0---3p2-0-------2-2-|\r\nB -----3-3------------3------0-0-------------3-----3-3-|\r\nG ---2------2--------------------0---------------2-----|\r\nD -0----------0--------------------------------0-------|\r\nA -------------------------2---------------------------|\r\nE -----------------------3-----------------------------|   etc.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI believe he plays a standard G chord except during the fills (as above), where the high e and B strings\r\nare open\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs often as I could call you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown in the Bureau of Mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou were all caught up in that diesel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd habitual criminal signs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Yesterday everything seemed to be alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Til I woke up in the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy life I'd give you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor one sweet day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo be home[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nagain and loved[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou regret religion's support[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I am unable to try[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo many have held out for glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy habits grown too hard to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Yesterday everything seemed to be alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Til I woke up in the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy life I'd give you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor one sweet day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo be home[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nagain and loved[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo sense to tell us we're burning[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's unexpectedly clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow that warm bed of roses keeps calling[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo what are you all doing here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Yesterday everything seemed to be alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Til I woke up in the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy life I'd give you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor one sweet day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo be home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand loved[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] until end","plain_text":"This is a simple version, not including a lot of the fiinger picking and hammers/pulls that grow \nthroughout\nthe song (also on a second guitar in the recording).\nIt's quite easy to play around with fingerpicking and add some of the basic melody, so just\nfeel your way around until you find a good way to play it. Maybe someone more\nskilled than me can work out more of the actual tune, but for playing it on one guitar I find it ok \njust to\nplay around between the Ds and the Gs, fingerpicking and little fills like:\n\n    D                   G                      D\n\n\n\nI believe he plays a standard G chord except during the fills (as above), where the high e and B strings\nare open\n\n[Intro]\nD G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nD  G until end","chords":["D","G","B","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}