{"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":81534,"song":"My Youngest Son Came Home Today","artist":"R.E.M.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11548522-my-youngest-son-came-home-today-chords-by-r-e-m/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/81534?type=chord","rating":0.00061,"votes":0,"content":"Hello there. First time tabber, so forgive any errors you uncover.\r\n\r\nThis is an old anti-war tune that should probably also be listed under Eric Bogle,\r\nMary Black, Elvis Costello, and Billy Bragg - all of 'em have recorded it\r\nat various times. I became acquainted with the song from hearing the Stipe-Bragg duet\r\nversion live at Mountainstage.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy youngest son came home today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis friends marched with him all the way.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA fife and drum beat out the time.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile in his box of polished pine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike dead meat on a butcher's tray,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy youngest son came home today.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nMy youngest son was a fine young man,\r\nWith a wife, a daughter, and two sons.\r\nAs a man he would have lived and died,\r\nUntil by a bullet, sanctified.\r\nNow he's a saint, or so they say,\r\nThey brought their young saint home today.\r\n\r\nAbove the narrow Belfast streets,\r\nAn Irish sky looks down and weeps\r\nAt children's blood in gutters spilled,\r\nAnd dreams of glory unfulfilled.\r\nAs part of freedom's price to pay,\r\nMy youngest son came home today.\r\n\r\nMy youngest son came home today.\r\nHis friends marched with him all the way.\r\nA fife and drum beat out the time.\r\nWhile in his box of polished pine,\r\nLike dead meat on a butcher's tray,\r\nMy youngest son came home today.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd this time he's home...to stay.[/tab]","plain_text":"Hello there. First time tabber, so forgive any errors you uncover.\n\nThis is an old anti-war tune that should probably also be listed under Eric Bogle,\nMary Black, Elvis Costello, and Billy Bragg - all of 'em have recorded it\nat various times. I became acquainted with the song from hearing the Stipe-Bragg duet\nversion live at Mountainstage.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy youngest son was a fine young man,\nWith a wife, a daughter, and two sons.\nAs a man he would have lived and died,\nUntil by a bullet, sanctified.\nNow he's a saint, or so they say,\nThey brought their young saint home today.\n\nAbove the narrow Belfast streets,\nAn Irish sky looks down and weeps\nAt children's blood in gutters spilled,\nAnd dreams of glory unfulfilled.\nAs part of freedom's price to pay,\nMy youngest son came home today.\n\nMy youngest son came home today.\nHis friends marched with him all the way.\nA fife and drum beat out the time.\nWhile in his box of polished pine,\nLike dead meat on a butcher's tray,\nMy youngest son came home today.","chords":["Dm","F","C","A","Am"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}