{"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":486528,"song":"Bone Of Song","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11564298-bone-of-song-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/486528?type=chord","rating":4.57551,"votes":22,"content":"Capo 7th fret\r\nAll chords relative to capo\r\nStandard tuning\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------0---2---0-------|\r\nD|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----|\r\nA|------------------3-------------------------------3-------------------|\r\nE|--3-------------------------------3-----------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------|\r\nB|------0--------0--------3--------1------|\r\nG|----0---0----0---0----2---2----0---0----|\r\nD|--------------------0-------------------|\r\nA|--3--------------------------3----------|\r\nE|-----------3----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------|\r\nB|------0--------3--------1--------1------|\r\nG|----0---0----2---2----0---0----0---0----|\r\nD|-----------0----------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------3--------3----------|\r\nE|--3-------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]G/F#[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------------|\r\nG|------0--------0--------0--------0------|\r\nD|----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0----|\r\nA|----------------------------------------|\r\nE|--5---------3-------2--------2----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\nJust where it now lies I can no longer say\r\nI found it on a cold and November day\r\nIn the roots of a sycamore tree where it had hid so long\r\nIn a box made out of myrtle lay the bone of song\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\nThe bone of song was a jawbone old and bruised\r\nand worn out in the service of the muse\r\nand along its sides and teeth were written words\r\nI ran my palm along them and I heard\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLucky are you who finds me in the wilderness[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G/A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G/F#[/ch]            [ch]G/F#[/ch]       \r\nI am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\nthe words on the bone of song were close and small\r\nand though their tongues were dead I found I knew them all\r\nin the hieroglyphs of quills and quatrain lines\r\nOsiris, the fall of Troy, Auld Lang Syne\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\nKathleen Mauvoreen, Magnificat, Your Cheatin' Heart\r\nthe chords of a covenant king singing for the Ark\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------------------------3---2-------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------------------------3---1---0-------0-----|\r\nG|------0---2---0---2/4---4---2---0-------------------------------------|\r\nD|----0---0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--3---------------------------------3-----------------------3---------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------3---2--------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------------3---1---0--------1p0---1p0---------|\r\nG|----------------------------0------0-----0---0---|\r\nD|----0---0---0---0---0---0------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------3----------------0-----|\r\nE|--3----------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------3---2---------------------------3---2-----------------|\r\nB|--------------3---1---0-------0---------------3---1---0-----|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--3-----------------------3-------3-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------------|\r\nG|------0---2---0-------0---2---0---|   etc...\r\nD|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|\r\nA|------------------3---------------|\r\nE|--3-------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\nthen I saw on a white space that was left\r\na blessing written older than the rest\r\nit said leave me here I care not for wealth or fame\r\nI'll remember your song, but I'll forget your name\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n\r\nthe words that I sang blew off like the leaves in the wind\r\nand perched like birds in the branches before landing on the bone again\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\nthen the bone was quiet it said no more to me\r\nso I wrapped it in the ribbons of a sycamore tree\r\nand as night had come I turned around and headed home\r\nwith a lightness in my step and a song in my bones\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n\r\nlucky are you who finds me in the wilderness\r\nI am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------------------------------------------0-----0-------|\r\nB|------------------------------------------0--3---3-----3-----|\r\nG|------0---0---4---2---0---2---4--2--0---0----------0-----0---|\r\nD|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--3-----------------------------------3----------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------3---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|------------------0---2---0---0h2----4--2--0---------------------------|\r\nD|----0---0---0---0---0---0---0-----0--------------2---2----0------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------3----|[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 7th fret\nAll chords relative to capo\nStandard tuning\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\nJust where it now lies I can no longer say\nI found it on a cold and November day\nIn the roots of a sycamore tree where it had hid so long\nIn a box made out of myrtle lay the bone of song\n\n[Verse 2]\n\nThe bone of song was a jawbone old and bruised\nand worn out in the service of the muse\nand along its sides and teeth were written words\nI ran my palm along them and I heard\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\nthe words on the bone of song were close and small\nand though their tongues were dead I found I knew them all\nin the hieroglyphs of quills and quatrain lines\nOsiris, the fall of Troy, Auld Lang Syne\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\nKathleen Mauvoreen, Magnificat, Your Cheatin' Heart\nthe chords of a covenant king singing for the Ark\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\nthen I saw on a white space that was left\na blessing written older than the rest\nit said leave me here I care not for wealth or fame\nI'll remember your song, but I'll forget your name\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\nthe words that I sang blew off like the leaves in the wind\nand perched like birds in the branches before landing on the bone again\n\n[Verse 5]\n\nthen the bone was quiet it said no more to me\nso I wrapped it in the ribbons of a sycamore tree\nand as night had come I turned around and headed home\nwith a lightness in my step and a song in my bones\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\nlucky are you who finds me in the wilderness\nI am the only unquiet ghost that does not seek rest\n\n[Outro]","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","C","G/A","G/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}