{"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":519901,"song":"Before The Deluge","artist":"Jackson Browne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11566507-before-the-deluge-chords-by-jackson-browne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/519901?type=chord","rating":4.93465,"votes":216,"content":"Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne live at No Nukes with David Lindley\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro] \r\n(play 2 times)\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]C[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]D[/ch]       |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome of them were dreamers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd some of them were fools[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho were making plans and thinking of the future[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the energy of the innocent[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey were gathering the tools[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey would need to make their journey back to nature[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the sand slipped through the opening[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd their hands reached for the golden ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith their hearts they turned to each other's heart for refuge[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the troubled years that came before the deluge[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome of them knew pleasure[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd some of them knew pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd for some of them it was only the moment that mattered[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on the brave and crazy wings of youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey went flying around in the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in the end they traded their tired wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the resignation that living brings[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd exchanged love's bright and fragile glow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor the glitter and the rouge[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in the moment they were swept before the deluge[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow let the music keep our spirits high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd let the buildings keep our children dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet creation reveal it's secrets by and by[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy and by...[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the light that's lost within us reaches the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome of them were angry[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the way the earth was abused[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they struggled to protect her from them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly to be confused[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the magnitude of her fury in the final hour[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when the sand was gone and the time arrived[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the naked dawn only a few survived[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBelieved that they were meant to live after the deluge[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow let the music keep our spirits high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd let the buildings keep our children dry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLet creation reveal it's secrets by and by[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy and by...[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the light that's lost within us reaches the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Coda]\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]C[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]D[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]C[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]D[/ch]       |\r\n\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]Am[/ch]     |[ch]Bm[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]      |[ch]C[/ch]      |[ch]G[/ch]       |[ch]D[/ch]       |\r\n|[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n============================================================================\r\n\r\nI’ve added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like \r\nthe original recording but it’s a way of playing\r\nthe intro violin melody combined with chords.\r\n\r\nThe vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures.\r\n\r\nTuning: EADGBe\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|-----------------|---3---------5---|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|\r\nB|-3-----3-----3-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|\r\nG|-----4-----------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|\r\nD|---5-------5-----|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|\r\nA|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|\r\nE|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\n   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|-7-----8-7-5-----|---3---------5---|-7-----7-------7-|-5-----5---------|\r\nB|-----8-------8-5-|-----5-----------|-----8-------8---|-----7---8---10--|\r\nG|---7-------------|-------5---5---5-|---7-------7-----|---7-----9---11--|\r\nD|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|\r\nA|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-5-------7---9---|\r\nE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Before the Deluge – Jackson Browne live at No Nukes with David Lindley\n\n\n[Intro] \n(play 2 times)\n|G      |C      |G       |C       |\n|G      |C      |G       |D       |\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Coda]\n|G      |C      |G       |C       |\n|G      |C      |G       |D       |\n|G      |C      |G       |C       |\n|G      |C      |G       |D       |\n\n|G      |Am     |Bm      |C       |\n|G      |C      |G       |D       |\n|G\n\n\n\n============================================================================\n\nI’ve added a sample fingerstyle arrangement of the intro. The intro is not played like \nthe original recording but it’s a way of playing\nthe intro violin melody combined with chords.\n\nThe vertical lines (|) above the high e string indicate the quarter note beats of the measures.\n\nTuning: EADGBe\nIntro:","chords":["G","C","D","Em","Am","Bm","B","A","E","C/E","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}