{"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":682259,"song":"Grindstone","artist":"Henry Thomas Blue Heelers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11580576-grindstone-chords-by-henry-thomas-blue-heelers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/682259?type=chord","rating":0.08458,"votes":0,"content":"Grindstone\r\nBlue Heelers- Henry Thomas\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nMorning coffee and a cigarette, things haven’t changed, at least not for me.\r\nSunday paper on the welcome mat, read about an empty cage on nearly every page.\r\nNo the guys don’t come around no more, not after I got drunk, and told them all just \r\nI thought.\r\nI can’t remember the last time I spoke to you, wasn’t that long ago, maybe a week or so.\r\n\r\n(CHORUS)\r\nWhy were you so anxious to go? Was it just my imagination, maybe it was and well now.\r\nWe are grindstones and we sharpen up our knives, carve away a cold dull gray slice of life.\r\n\r\nI’m awfully sorry for the wedding plans, I guess it didn’t work out the way you wanted \r\nto.\r\nWhat the hell did you expect from me, I was only 21 my mother’s only son.\r\nI sit around here almost every night, I don’t stay out late, haven’t got no place to go.\r\nThere’s not a single thing I wouldn’t do for you and all you had to do was only ask me to.\r\n\r\n(CHORUS)\r\nWhy were you so anxious to go? Was it just my imagination, maybe it was and well now.\r\nWe are grindstones and we sharpen up our knives, carve away a cold dull gray slice of life.\r\n\r\nPull out my slingshot and I shoot down the moon.\r\n\r\nThat’s what you are,\r\nThat’s what you are,\r\nThat’s what you are made to do","plain_text":"Grindstone\nBlue Heelers- Henry Thomas\n\nD      E      G       A\n\n\nMorning coffee and a cigarette, things haven’t changed, at least not for me.\nSunday paper on the welcome mat, read about an empty cage on nearly every page.\nNo the guys don’t come around no more, not after I got drunk, and told them all just \nI thought.\nI can’t remember the last time I spoke to you, wasn’t that long ago, maybe a week or so.\n\n(CHORUS)\nWhy were you so anxious to go? Was it just my imagination, maybe it was and well now.\nWe are grindstones and we sharpen up our knives, carve away a cold dull gray slice of life.\n\nI’m awfully sorry for the wedding plans, I guess it didn’t work out the way you wanted \nto.\nWhat the hell did you expect from me, I was only 21 my mother’s only son.\nI sit around here almost every night, I don’t stay out late, haven’t got no place to go.\nThere’s not a single thing I wouldn’t do for you and all you had to do was only ask me to.\n\n(CHORUS)\nWhy were you so anxious to go? Was it just my imagination, maybe it was and well now.\nWe are grindstones and we sharpen up our knives, carve away a cold dull gray slice of life.\n\nPull out my slingshot and I shoot down the moon.\n\nThat’s what you are,\nThat’s what you are,\nThat’s what you are made to do","chords":["D","E","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}