{"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":607523,"song":"Leaves And Kings","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572788-leaves-and-kings-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/607523?type=chord","rating":4.93102,"votes":11,"content":"-Leaves and Kings-\r\n-Josh Ritter-\r\n------------------\r\nCapo 2nd fret\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI met you at a party[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nor on a crowded street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\na silent singularity [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen glances chanced to meet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou looked into my glasses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsaid you'd seen a ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntried my best to make you smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nas we calypsoed close[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI had been to Cleveland[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou had been to jail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou seemed to be recovering[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I felt a little pale[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOur house it was on seventeenth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nabove the hardware store[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthere we lived with seven cats[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nall named for seven dwarves[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut like leaves and kings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nall things must fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nno diamond ring is gonna [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncut through it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyou were working as a graverobber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyou could do your job at night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was living hand-to-mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\njust looking for a fight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe reason why we parted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit ain't that hard to find[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was always busy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand you never had the time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwell the reason why we parted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nit ain't that hard to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut I was never sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nif I left you or you left me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut like leaves and kings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nall things must fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nno diamond ring is gonna [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncut through it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental + harmonica]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand when it was all over[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI lost myself in work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nyou got married to a lawyer[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\npainting murals in New York[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand though it seems a million miles ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsince I saw the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nthe hours flowed by nervously[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlike warships in the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMany times I've been corrupted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nbut I've never been in love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand I began to realize [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat that's just where I was[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso I packed up my possessions[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand caught an eastbound train[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nmet you in Ohio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsleeping in the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut like leaves and kings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nall things must fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nno diamond ring is gonna [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncut through it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso now we're going back again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nto start where we began[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith rules and regulations [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut no real kinda plan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI learned my lesson well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith no mistakes at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nonce you find yourself true love[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou just keep holding on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'cause like leaves and kings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nall things must fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nno diamond ring is gonna [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncut through it all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut now out of the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout of the blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlike leaves and kings[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've fallen in love with you[/tab]","plain_text":"-Leaves and Kings-\n-Josh Ritter-\n------------------\nCapo 2nd fret\n\nC Am C Am F G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental + harmonica]\nC Am C Am C Am F G\nC Am C Am C Am F G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","Am","F","G"],"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]},"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]}}}