{"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":97035,"song":"Sailors Rest","artist":"Stan Rogers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11551626-sailors-rest-chords-by-stan-rogers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/97035?type=chord","rating":4.90906,"votes":20,"content":"Sailor's Rest - Stan Rogers - Home In Halifax - Chords\r\n\r\nNote - I'm not exactly sure how he does the little thing at the beginning of the\r\nchorus, but I played around with my guitar a bit, and what I've got there sounds\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                           \r\nIt's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nCaptains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tempers are flyin', down at the Sailor's Rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                      \r\nBlue eyes in wrinkled Mo-rocco, still search the horizon for squalls[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd Zeroes in the sky, and the watchkeeper's eye, and the pawnshop balls[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G7[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe spice in the wind off of Java, and the bars in Papeete were best[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the deck is too steady, down at the Sailor's Rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]D7[/ch]-[ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]-[ch]D7sus4[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom the battered old seabags, the journals and logs [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd the keepsakes locked in the chests[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat were stowed in the attic, down at the Sailor's Rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                       \r\nNo rail on the messroom table, and you're dead if you spit on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nNo grog allowed, no singin' too loud, and no locks on the doors[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nBut there's always a fire in the card room, and the tucker is always the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll end it together, down at the Sailor's Rest[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]-[ch]D7[/ch]-[ch]D7sus4[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd, oh, how they talked of the day they'd ar-rived[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen after the years, all the storms and the tears, still very much a-live[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]-[ch]D7sus4[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd, oh, how their lives were spilled out on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom the battered old seabags, the journals and logs[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd the keepsakes locked in the chests[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat were sold at the auction, down at the Sailor's Rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                       \r\nSo it's acrimony down in the card-room, with winning hands thrown on the baize[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor-gotten cards wait on the end of debate on the good old days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nCaptains and mates gettin' tes-ty, with memories not of the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut they'll end it together', down at the Sailor's Rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's acrimony down in the card-room[/tab]\r","plain_text":"Sailor's Rest - Stan Rogers - Home In Halifax - Chords\n\nNote - I'm not exactly sure how he does the little thing at the beginning of the\nchorus, but I played around with my guitar a bit, and what I've got there sounds\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS","chords":["G","D","C","D7","G7","A7","D7sus4","Em","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}