{"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":2730360,"song":"A Cross To Bear","artist":"Iain Matthews","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11530616-a-cross-to-bear-chords-by-iain-matthews/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2730360?type=chord","rating":0.18885,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em/B[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nOh, I died one night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Em/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwhen the sky was a blanket of stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you sounded as clear to me then[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nas I'd heard you in years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nAs I lowered my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Em/B[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nunderstanding the goodbye's that I'd heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou just turned away taking your smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand those crippling words[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\nThen you blew from my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Em/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nlike the southern wind stealing a flame[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til all I had left[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwere the tears at the drop of your name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I know I'm just foolin' myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em/B[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ninto thinking you care[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMaybe one day I'll rush in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand discover you there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause love is an anchor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLove is a knife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLove is the healer in my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, I know that it seems like sometimes[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em/B[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI howl at the moon[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut it's something that happens when[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nloneliness steps in the room[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThough I know I'm just fooling myself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em/B[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ninto thinkin' you care[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne night I'll awake from a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand uncover you there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause love is an anchor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLove is a knife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLove is the healer in my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em/B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]G/F#[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThough I know I'm just hurting myse1f[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em/B[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit's a cross I can bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I died one night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen the sky was a ribbon of stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nand you were there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em/B[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cmaj7/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG G/F# Em Em/B C Cmaj7/B Am Am\nC Cmaj7/B Am Am G G/F# Em Em\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  G/F#     Em  Em/B  C   Cmaj7/B  Am   Am\nC  Cmaj7/B  Am  Am    G   G/F#     Em   Em\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm/B   C   Cmaj7/B   Am   Am","chords":["G","G/F#","Em","Em/B","C","Cmaj7/B","Am","D"],"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]},"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]}}}