{"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":367347,"song":"An American Draft Dodger In Thunder Bay","artist":"Sam Roberts","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11556173-an-american-draft-dodger-in-thunder-bay-chords-by-sam-roberts/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/367347?type=chord","rating":4.43487,"votes":12,"content":"Sam Roberts - AN AMERICAN DRAFT DODGER IN THUNDER BAY\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe was born in a small town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he was given every reason to stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHallelujah, Mississippi, postcard living no sign of decay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTill Vietnam moved next door, then Hallelujah was off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the dream he couldn't finish the deed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe didn't smoke any weed so why leave?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGoing where I can't be found[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I won't be coming 'round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHis father Tom said you better sign on[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou'd better take up your gun and fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI got nothing against them Viet Cong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat did they do wrong and why am I right?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe's on his way to Thunder Bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCrossed the border late at night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it was high stakes until he saw the Great Lakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he felt the cold wind bite[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGoing where I can't be found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Gm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I won't be coming 'round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNo, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                                         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nunderstood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMissing his home, he would wake up in a cold sweat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd pick up the phone and hope that Tom found a way to forget[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe's been teaching at the high school, learning the game[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn Thunder Bay we're all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe's one of us, he has our trust[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut there's no going back once the line is crossed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm an American on the Canadian Shield[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nunderstood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou can't ask what you're asking me to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I hope you understand when I refuse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm going North with my point of view[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm never gonna think the same as you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm where I can't be found[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I won't be coming 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]  \r\nNo, I'm an American on the Canadian Shield[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm putting down roots in your frozen fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt gets cold but you feel so good to be a stranger in a town and you're[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nunderstood[/tab]","plain_text":"Sam Roberts - AN AMERICAN DRAFT DODGER IN THUNDER BAY","chords":["Dm","G","Am","Em","Gm","A","Bb","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}