{"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":536574,"song":"Chariot","artist":"The Cat Empire","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11567599-chariot-chords-by-the-cat-empire/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/536574?type=chord","rating":4.81801,"votes":45,"content":"Tuning:Normal\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is a song that came upon me one night [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the news it had been telling me [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout one more war and one more fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd 'aeh' I sighed but then[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI thought about my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen I wrote this declaration[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust in case the world end[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nOur guns\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n We shot them in the things we said[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh we didn't need no bullets [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCos we rely on some words instead [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKill someone in argument[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOutwit them with our brains [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we'd kill ourselves laughing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the funny things we'd say [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\nAnd bombs \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  We had them saved for special times[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the crew would call a shakedown [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe break down a party landmine [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWomen that so sexy [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey explode us with their looks [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAh we blowing up some speakers [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        \r\nJumping round till the ground shook [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\nAnd missiles\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   They were the roadtrips that we launched[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nT-t-tripping across this island [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStarting missions at the break of dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYawn and smile say [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhat direction shall we take? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSomewhere where it warm and wet [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis be the route we'd always take and [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Our weapons were our instruments [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMade from timber and steel [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe never yielded to conformity [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut stood like kings [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a chariot that's riding on a [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRecord wheel [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--6-7-3---5-7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5--------7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5|\r\nB|--------5-----------------------5------------------------------5--|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5------6-7-3---5-7-6-7-8-7-----6-7-3---5--|\r\nB|----------------------5--------------5-----------------------5----|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-----7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-------------|\r\nB|----------------------5---------------------------5---------------|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Our weapons were our instruments [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMade from timber and steel [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe never yielded to conformity [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut stood like kings [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a chariot that's riding on a [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRecord wheel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Our weapons were our instruments [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMade from timber and steel [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe never yielded to conformity [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]          \r\nBut stood like kings [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nIn a chariot that's riding on a [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             \r\nRecord wheel         [/tab]\r\n                  \r\n[tab]e|--6-7-3---5-7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5--------7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5|\r\nB|--------5-----------------------5------------------------------5--|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n                        \r\n[tab]e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5------6-7-3---5-7-6-7-8-7-----6-7-3---5--|\r\nB|----------------------5--------------5-----------------------5----|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n                 \r\n[tab]e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-----7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-------------|\r\nB|----------------------5---------------------------5---------------|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n             \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd our airforce flying [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the frisbee in the sky [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHave a session while we're smoking[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow we're feeling extra high [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd we'd sneak into a carpark[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith the skaties on our back [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we're flying down the levels howling [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the attack now on the attack[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\nAnd battles \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  They happened in these dancehalls [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee we'd rather fight with music[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nChoosing one the rhythm war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBattle at these shakedowns [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we battle at these gigs [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe do battle in our bedrooms [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMade some sweet love to the beat [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen our allies grew [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWherever we would roam [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nSee whenever we're together [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAny stranger feel at home [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn a way we are an army [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this army not destruct [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNo instead we're doing simple things[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGood loving find it run amuck [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis be a declaration [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWritten about my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's engraved into this song [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo they know I'm not forgetting them [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSee maybe if the world contained[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMore people like these [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen the news would not be telling me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout all that warfare endlessly and[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Our weapons were our instruments [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMade from timber and steel [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe never yielded to conformity [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]          \r\nBut stood like kings [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nIn a chariot that's riding on a [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             \r\nRecord wheel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|--6-7-3---5-7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5--------7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5|\r\nB|--------5-----------------------5------------------------------5--|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n                        \r\n[tab]e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5------6-7-3---5-7-6-7-8-7-----6-7-3---5--|\r\nB|----------------------5--------------5-----------------------5----|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n                 \r\n[tab]e|--7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-----7-6-7-6-7-----6-7-3---5-------------|\r\nB|----------------------5---------------------------5---------------|\r\nG|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning:Normal\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\nOur guns\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\nAnd bombs \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\nAnd missiles\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                  \n\n                        \n\n                 \n\n             \n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\nAnd battles \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","G","Am","C","D","B","A","E"],"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]}}}