{"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":631273,"song":"Oh Sister","artist":"Dan Bern","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11575008-oh-sister-chords-by-dan-bern/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/631273?type=chord","rating":4.16718,"votes":5,"content":"Oh, Sister\r\nDan Bern\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n1/2 step down from standard tuning\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n[ch]G[/ch] :320033\r\n[ch]C[/ch] :032010\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]:022000\r\n[ch]D[/ch] :000232\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]:002210\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey say you taught me how to talk[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI bet you wish you taught me how to stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou're far away now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wish I could take a walk with you someplace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou explained me to our parents[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEnglish wasn't their first language[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey spoke German[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHated Germans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nConfusing times[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh sister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown midwest backseat bumpy streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou sang my Beatles songs with me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI sang your Broadway melodies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBad harmonies[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd where would Willie Mays have been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nwithout Jackie Robinson?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd who can say what I'd been[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWithout you to lead the way[/tab]\r\n\r\nAfter I showed some guys I could drink\r\nYou picked me off the lawn, I think\r\nAnd led me to the kitchen sink\r\nWhere I got rid of it\r\nSome nights I lay awake in awe\r\nAs squinting through the dark I saw\r\nYou peeling off your teenage bra\r\nThe door slightly ajar\r\n\r\nOh sister\r\nYou lived just across the hall\r\nFor eighteen summers\r\nEighteen falls\r\nUntil you went away to that Weird college in Wisconsin\r\nAnd where would Willie Mays have been\r\nwithout Jackie Robinson?\r\nAnd who can say what I'd been\r\nWithout you to lead the way\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrust yourself [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you can do anything[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis I give to you[/tab]\r\n\r\nMay your heart purr like a bumblebee\r\nMay all your backyards have a tree\r\nMay you always be HIV negative\r\nI hope you meet a nice guy who\r\nTreats women better than I do\r\nI don't even care if he's a Jew or not\r\n\r\nOh sister\r\nI remember in the temple hall\r\nAt our dear father's funeral\r\nYou sang like a nightingale\r\nOne of his own songs\r\nAnd where would Willie Mays have been\r\nWithout Jackie Robinson?\r\nAnd who can say what I'd been\r\nWithout you to lead the way","plain_text":"Oh, Sister\nDan Bern\n\n\n\n1/2 step down from standard tuning\n\nChords:\nG :320033\nC :032010\nEm:022000\nD :000232\nAm:002210\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfter I showed some guys I could drink\nYou picked me off the lawn, I think\nAnd led me to the kitchen sink\nWhere I got rid of it\nSome nights I lay awake in awe\nAs squinting through the dark I saw\nYou peeling off your teenage bra\nThe door slightly ajar\n\nOh sister\nYou lived just across the hall\nFor eighteen summers\nEighteen falls\nUntil you went away to that Weird college in Wisconsin\nAnd where would Willie Mays have been\nwithout Jackie Robinson?\nAnd who can say what I'd been\nWithout you to lead the way\n\n\n\n\n\nMay your heart purr like a bumblebee\nMay all your backyards have a tree\nMay you always be HIV negative\nI hope you meet a nice guy who\nTreats women better than I do\nI don't even care if he's a Jew or not\n\nOh sister\nI remember in the temple hall\nAt our dear father's funeral\nYou sang like a nightingale\nOne of his own songs\nAnd where would Willie Mays have been\nWithout Jackie Robinson?\nAnd who can say what I'd been\nWithout you to lead the way","chords":["G","C","Em","D","Am"],"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]}}}