{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. 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     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nSaturdays I go to town just to make them laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nI learned to drive when I was 65 years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I sit poker-straight behind the wheel[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             \r\nMother died of influenza when we kids were small[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFather never smiled again and seemed to shrink with every passing year[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEverybody sigh and put your hands on your hips[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut when I get those old songs in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can’t keep my fingers off the keys[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]      \r\nThrough my research I have found all it takes to keep the chickens [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G/F[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLaying eggs is opera or Gershwin played at low volumes on dad's old radio[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nOne concession for the hens destined for slaughter:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI read them poetry, they like the Yeats the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd frankly, so do I[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho wouldn’t like to wake up on the Isle of Innisfree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTo muck about that bee-loud glade like he?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nEverybody sigh and put your hands on your hips[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat's good enough for chickens is plenty good enough for you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch] \r\nYou're never far away from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/F[/ch] \r\nI've had this lock of your hair now for a half a century or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI keep it in a matchbox in the pocket of my coat[/tab]\r\n\r\nFarlen takes credit for the tabbing of the chords but not the lyrics.","plain_text":"Em    D     G     C\nEm    D     G     C     D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm    D     G     C\nEm    D     G     C     D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEm    D     G     C\nEm    D     G     C     D\n\n\n\n\n\nFarlen takes credit for the tabbing of the chords but not the lyrics.","chords":["Em","D","G","C","F","G/F"],"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]},"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]}}}