{"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":552341,"song":"Plains Of Nebrasky-O","artist":"Eric Andersen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11568682-plains-of-nebrasky-o-chords-by-eric-andersen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/552341?type=chord","rating":4.64807,"votes":4,"content":"This is the version recorded for Broadside with Phil Ochs.\r\n\r\nThere might be a G at \"great\" but I can't really tell. They do some weird flatpicking \r\nthe whole songs and the chords kind of get a little lost (to my ear at least). But this \r\nfine...\r\n\r\nCapo: 4th fret\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave you heard about a country where the rivers run free[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat’s a place where I think you ought to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the corn stands high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nTall as the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the great plains of old Nebrasky-o[/tab]\r\n\r\nIn school I learned of men who died by the gun\r\nBut not of those who died by the hoe\r\nThe land has drunk the rains\r\nOf many a farmers blood\r\nNow forgotten and buried long a go\r\n\r\nAnd where are the hands that ploughed fields without sleep\r\nAnd that saved  a dying calf without rest\r\nAnd where’s the feet that walked\r\nDown hot dusty trails\r\nOn their way to seek their fortune going west\r\n\r\nAnd where are the fathers who died in the dust\r\nAnd mothers who died hungry in the snow\r\nAnd where’s the kids that watched the banks\r\nPlough the houses down\r\nThose are things I guess my teachers never knowed\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\nNow you tell me droughts hurt only corn and not men\r\nYou smile and say hard times have gone away\r\nI guess I should have listened\r\nTo my city politician\r\nWho keeps tellin’ me that these are better days\r\n\r\nIs there anybody left to walk a muddy mile\r\nIs courage a word that’s only said\r\nIs it true them dusty days were days\r\nThat never really were\r\nBut are only tales and books to be read\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]","plain_text":"This is the version recorded for Broadside with Phil Ochs.\n\nThere might be a G at \"great\" but I can't really tell. They do some weird flatpicking \nthe whole songs and the chords kind of get a little lost (to my ear at least). But this \nfine...\n\nCapo: 4th fret\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn school I learned of men who died by the gun\nBut not of those who died by the hoe\nThe land has drunk the rains\nOf many a farmers blood\nNow forgotten and buried long a go\n\nAnd where are the hands that ploughed fields without sleep\nAnd that saved  a dying calf without rest\nAnd where’s the feet that walked\nDown hot dusty trails\nOn their way to seek their fortune going west\n\nAnd where are the fathers who died in the dust\nAnd mothers who died hungry in the snow\nAnd where’s the kids that watched the banks\nPlough the houses down\nThose are things I guess my teachers never knowed\n\n[CHORUS]\n\nNow you tell me droughts hurt only corn and not men\nYou smile and say hard times have gone away\nI guess I should have listened\nTo my city politician\nWho keeps tellin’ me that these are better days\n\nIs there anybody left to walk a muddy mile\nIs courage a word that’s only said\nIs it true them dusty days were days\nThat never really were\nBut are only tales and books to be read\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["G","C","D"],"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]}}}