{"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":69875,"song":"Tecumseh Valley","artist":"Nanci Griffith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11544770-tecumseh-valley-chords-by-nanci-griffith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/69875?type=chord","rating":4.79026,"votes":53,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n\r\n\t\t\tTECUMSEH VALLEY\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\t\tThe name she gave was Caroline[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\t\tDaughter of a miner[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\t\tAnd her ways were free and it seemed to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\t\tThe sunshine walked beside her[/tab]\r\n\r\n\t\tShe came from Spencer across the hill\r\n\t\tShe said her Pa had sent her\r\n\t\t'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow\r\n\t\tWould turn the skies to winter\r\n\r\n\t\tShe said she'd come to look for work\r\n\t\tShe was not seeking favor\r\n\t\tFor a dime a day and a place to stay\r\n\t\tShe turned those hands to labor\r\n\r\n\t\tBut the times were hard, Lord, and the jobs were few\r\n\t\tAll through Tecumseh Valley\r\n\t\tShe'd ask around, and a job she found\r\n\t\tTendin' bar at Gypsy Sally's\r\n\r\n\t\tShe saved enough to get back home\r\n\t\tAnd spring replaced the winter\r\n\t\tBut her dreams were denied, her Pa had died\r\n\t\tThe word come down from Spencer\r\n\r\n\t\tSo she turned to whorin' out on the streets\r\n\t\tWith all the lust inside her\r\n\t\tAnd it was many a man returned again\r\n\t\tTo lay himself beside her\r\n\r\n\t\tThey found her down beneath the stairs\r\n\t\tThat led to Gypsy Sally's\r\n\t\tAnd in her hand when she died was a note that cried\r\n\t\t\"Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley\".\r\n\r\n\t\t-instrumental verse-\r\n\r\n\t\t-repeat first verse-","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n\t\t\tTECUMSEH VALLEY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\tShe came from Spencer across the hill\n\t\tShe said her Pa had sent her\n\t\t'Cause the coal was low and soon the snow\n\t\tWould turn the skies to winter\n\n\t\tShe said she'd come to look for work\n\t\tShe was not seeking favor\n\t\tFor a dime a day and a place to stay\n\t\tShe turned those hands to labor\n\n\t\tBut the times were hard, Lord, and the jobs were few\n\t\tAll through Tecumseh Valley\n\t\tShe'd ask around, and a job she found\n\t\tTendin' bar at Gypsy Sally's\n\n\t\tShe saved enough to get back home\n\t\tAnd spring replaced the winter\n\t\tBut her dreams were denied, her Pa had died\n\t\tThe word come down from Spencer\n\n\t\tSo she turned to whorin' out on the streets\n\t\tWith all the lust inside her\n\t\tAnd it was many a man returned again\n\t\tTo lay himself beside her\n\n\t\tThey found her down beneath the stairs\n\t\tThat led to Gypsy Sally's\n\t\tAnd in her hand when she died was a note that cried\n\t\t\"Fare thee well, Tecumseh Valley\".\n\n\t\t-instrumental verse-\n\n\t\t-repeat first verse-","chords":["C","F","Em","Am","G"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}