{"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":637175,"song":"Charlemagne","artist":"John Cale","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11575724-charlemagne-chords-by-john-cale/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/637175?type=chord","rating":4.6053,"votes":3,"content":"Charlemagne\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe manager is waiting to be paid[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t\t\t\t\t[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAlong with priests and deacons of his court[/tab]\r\n[tab] \t\t\t\t [ch]A[/ch] \r\nA quartermaster, quite a man, a mistress of the line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHas found a last cent avenue of pain[/tab]\r\nA Mardi Gras just passed this way a while ago\r\nMaking hungry people of us all\r\nAlong the Mississippi you can hear the fiddlers play\r\nFandangos and boleros to the lord\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMany times, many tried,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSimple stories are the best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKeep in mind, the wishful kind,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't wanna be like all the rest.[/tab]\r\nMy uncle was a vicar in the big parade\r\nSelling fountain pens that never write\r\nSan Sebastian gamblers never cheat nor lie\r\nThey know good fences make good neighbours\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\t\t\t    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wish I knew what time of year it was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat kind of people will be there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen gruesome tales of two cities ran[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRunning all the way[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r","plain_text":"Charlemagne\n\n\n\n\nA Mardi Gras just passed this way a while ago\nMaking hungry people of us all\nAlong the Mississippi you can hear the fiddlers play\nFandangos and boleros to the lord\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\nMy uncle was a vicar in the big parade\nSelling fountain pens that never write\nSan Sebastian gamblers never cheat nor lie\nThey know good fences make good neighbours\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["E","A","B","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}