{"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":2713680,"song":"Red Elegy","artist":"Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11527936-red-elegy-chords-by-dave-carter-tracy-grammer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2713680?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Written by Dave Carter\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy love is like a red, red rose,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSnake on her shoulder and a ring in her nose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSleeping it off in her swaddling clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\ninnocent as she lies.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI don't know where she come from,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHangin' with dealers and slick-back scum.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDreamin' of a summer that never comes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand waitin' for me to die.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Cause she is a daughter of the Joshua tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlong-time losers and oh gee wannabes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMamma's in the corn and the fields are fallow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSoul needs savin' but I'm too damn shallow.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSweet Maria she's a pretty little nine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nkicks like a mule but she barks just fine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI ain't cleaned her in a mighty long time,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntakin' her out tonight.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDip her in a bucket of kerosene,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMr. Rogers on my TV screen.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFriendliest sucker I ever seen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe are precious in his sight.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Cause we are the children of the Joshua tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlong-time losers and oh gee wannabes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMamma's in the corn and the fields are barren,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoof needs fixin' but I'm way past carin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOphelia's drownded in the cold, cold flood,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA thorn by any other name draws blood.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDeep red drops on a scarlet bud,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDaddy, we're coming home.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe don't know where home lies now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut we'll turn up there some damn how.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nDrawn to the barn and the busted plough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the graves all overgrown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Cause we are the children of the Joshua tree,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nlong-time losers and oh gee wannabes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nMamma's in the corn and the field's been trampled,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou can't reason with a soul in shambles.[/tab]","plain_text":"Written by Dave Carter\n\n[Intro]\nDm C Bb C\nDm C Bb A\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nDm C Bb A\nDm C Bb Am A\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nDm C Bb A\nDm C Bb\nDm Bb C Gm C Dm\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Dm","C","Bb","A","Gm","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}