{"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":82146,"song":"Forty-Five Years","artist":"Stan Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11548794-forty-five-years-chords-by-stan-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/82146?type=chord","rating":4.94361,"votes":152,"content":"(G) = continue chord from previous section\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the earth shows its bones of wind-broken stone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sea and the sky are one[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm caught out of time, my blood sings with wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm running naked in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's God in the trees, I'm weak in the knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sky is a painful blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd like to look around, but Honey, all I see is you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n([ch]G[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the summer city lights will soften the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til you'd think that the air is clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm sitting with friends, where forty-five cents[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill buy another glass of beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's got something to say, but I'm so far away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I don't know who I'm talking to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause you just walked in the door, and Honey, all I see is you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, but Honey, what the hell's it for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter twenty-three years you'd think I could find[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA way to let you know somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now[/tab]\r\n\r\n([ch]G[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo alone in the lights on stage every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've been reaching out to find a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho knows all the words, sings so she's heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd knows how all the stories end[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe after the show she'll ask me to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHome with her for a drink or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow her smile lights her eyes, but Honey, all I see is you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, but Honey, what the hell's it for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter twenty-three years you'd think I could find[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA way to let you know somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI just want to hold you closer than I've ever held anyone before[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou say you've been twice a wife and you're through with life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, but Honey, what the hell's it for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAfter twenty-three years you'd think I could find[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA way to let you know somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n([ch]G[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, I want to see your smiling face forty-five years from now[/tab]","plain_text":"(G) = continue chord from previous section\n\n[Intro]\nG  C  G  D\nEm  C  G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n(G) C  G  D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(G) C  G  D\n Em  C  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n(G) C  G  D","chords":["G","C","D","Em","Am","A"],"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]}}}