{"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":2691888,"song":"Singing The Spirit Home","artist":"Eric Bogle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11524808-singing-the-spirit-home-chords-by-eric-bogle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2691888?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey came for him in the morning, an hour before dawning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe pale white moon was waning in the African sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe cell door flew wide open, they stood looking at him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe saw no mercy in their hearts, no pity in their eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they took him and they bound him, tied his trembling hands behind him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe felt his courage leave him, his manhood disappear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis legs would not support him, so from the cell they dragged him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe sobbed and screamed and cursed them in his loneliness and fear[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChains, chains, chains[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow many souls have died in freedom's name[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo some it is a way of life, to others just a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith faces closed and hidden the white guards walked beside him[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIndifferent to his pleading - they'd been down this path before[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut other eyes were watching, other ears were listening[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOther hearts beat with him in his final desperate hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the darkness of that prison came the sound of his brothers singing[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCourage, their voices told him, you do not walk alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom their cells beyond the shadow he heard their voices echo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs in love and pride and sorrow they sang his spirit home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChains, chains, chains[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow many souls have died in freedom's name[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo some it is a way of life, to others just a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo some it is a snow-white dove, to some a bloody sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut until the last chains fall, freedom will make slaves of us all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd their song of hope and freedom, it rang inside that prison[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt beat against the iron bars and crashed against the stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs in their fear and hate they hung him, the last sound that filled his being[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas his brothers singing, singing his spirit home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCourage, brother, you do not walk alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe shall walk with you and sing your spirit home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nEnds with singing of SHOSHOLOSA","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\nEnds with singing of SHOSHOLOSA","chords":["D","Bm","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}