{"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":607557,"song":"Wings","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572804-wings-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/607557?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":34,"content":"-Wings-\r\n-Josh Ritter-\r\n-------------\r\n\r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt night we crossed the border[/tab]\r\nFollowing a black robe to the\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEdge of the reservation[/tab]\r\nTo Cataldo Mission where the\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSaints and all the martyrs[/tab]\r\nLook down on dying converts\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat makes the water holy she says[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIs that it's the closest thing to rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stole a mule from Anthony[/tab]\r\nI helped Anne up upon it\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd we rode to Coeur d'Alene[/tab]\r\nPast Harrison and Wallace\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were blasting out the tunnles[/tab]\r\nMaking way for the light of learning\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen Jesus comes a'calling she said[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe's coming 'round the mountain on a train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah.......[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell it's my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLast night I dreamt that I grew wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI found a place where they could hear me when I sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe floated on to Hanford[/tab]\r\nOn a lumber boat up river\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPast fisheries and the milltowns[/tab]\r\nLike a stretch of future graveyards\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe was driven to distraction[/tab]\r\nSaid I wonder what will happen\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen they find out they're mistaken[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the land is to changed to ever change[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe waded through the marketplace[/tab]\r\nSomeone's ship had come in\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was silver and begonias[/tab]\r\nDynamite and cattle\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere were hearts as big as apples[/tab]\r\nAnd apples in the shape of Mary's heart\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI said inside this gilded cage[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA songbird always looks so plain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah...[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell it's my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLast night I dreamt that I grew wings[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI found a place where they could hear me when I sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd so they came with cameras[/tab]\r\nBreaking through the morning mist\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPress and businessmen, tycoons,[/tab]\r\nEpiscopal philanthropists\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLost in their appraisal[/tab]\r\nOf the body of a women\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut all we saw were lowlands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nClouds clung to mountains without strings[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt last we saw some people[/tab]\r\nHuddled up against\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe rain that was descending[/tab]\r\nLike railroad spikes and hammers\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey were headed for the border[/tab]\r\nWalking and then running\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd then they were gone into the fog[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut Anne said underneath their jackets she saw wings[/tab]","plain_text":"-Wings-\n-Josh Ritter-\n-------------\n\nCapo 2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nFollowing a black robe to the\n\nTo Cataldo Mission where the\n\nLook down on dying converts\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nI helped Anne up upon it\n\nPast Harrison and Wallace\n\nMaking way for the light of learning\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nOn a lumber boat up river\n\nLike a stretch of future graveyards\n\nSaid I wonder what will happen\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nSomeone's ship had come in\n\nDynamite and cattle\n\nAnd apples in the shape of Mary's heart\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nBreaking through the morning mist\n\nEpiscopal philanthropists\n\nOf the body of a women\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nHuddled up against\n\nLike railroad spikes and hammers\n\nWalking and then running","chords":["Am","Em","F","C","G","A"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}