{"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":2712282,"song":"Letter To Madeline","artist":"Ian Noe","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11527751-letter-to-madeline-chords-by-ian-noe/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2712282?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":491,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLooked like a hundred guns held on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHunkered by the shed of Detroit General & Company[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCalling, boy come out, we have you jailed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeside the buck-shot door, I stood still[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWondering how the hell the bastards found me in those hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd clinging to a letter that I wish I'd mailed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo rest easy, Madeline[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm bringing down the bank across this flooded county line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I get home, we'll have a grand old time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut don't you shed no tears or be surprised[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you get the word that your wild man has up and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust set me up a stone on that high hillside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow in the pouring snow, sad, but swift[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI headed down the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHoping that the burden of my blues would lift[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd praying that the whiskey would keep me brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, but I got caught in the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLooking like a hobo without no mercy from the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd feeling like a dead man without a grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo rest easy, Madeline[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm bringing down the bank across this flooded county line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I get home, we'll have a grand old time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut don't you shed no tears or be surprised[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you get the word that your wild man has up and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust set me up a stone on that high hillside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh my, oh my[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBloodied-up and chained, my legs pinned down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI woke to find my fate in the hands of four men gathered 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd cursing for the bag they knew I'd hid[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the more they stomped and moaned, the more I prayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFeeling every spark flying off of that file and their rusted blade[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid, better think it through, this is your last chance, kid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo rest easy, Madeline[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm bringing down the bank across this flooded county line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I get home, we'll have a grand old time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut don't you shed no tears or be surprised[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIf you get the word that your wild man has up and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust set me up a stone on that high hillside[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm D Am C\nEm D C\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","Em","D","Am","C","Dm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}