{"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":750594,"song":"Jocasta","artist":"Noah and the Whale","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11587797-jocasta-chords-by-noah-and-the-whale/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/750594?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":46,"content":"(note:for the intro and verse 1, use the A bar chord instead of the easier one lower on\r\nneck. For the rest of the song just use regular A.)\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\nA (CLAP CLAP CLAP!)\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen the baby's born[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, let's turn it to the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo that ice will surely grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOver weak and brittle bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, let's leave it to the wolves[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo their teeth turn it to food[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, its flesh keeps them alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, its death helps them survive[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, the world can be kind in its own way[/tab]\r\n\r\n(repeat the chord progression for verse 1 instrumentally before going into verse 2)\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh well your future's a machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith the mechanics of a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt is your mind that spins the wheel[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd your heart that makes you feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll the guilt for all your sins[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh and as that wheel spins[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh well it plays as they believed[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd for your husband you have grieved[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh the world still deceives you as it turns[/tab]\r\n(no instrumental break, cut straight to the next part)\r\n\r\n\r\n      D (let ring)                 A (triplets)\r\nWell in my lucid moments I could see\r\n             F#m (let ring)                    E (triplets)\r\nOh that the heart might be the weakest part of me\r\n            D (let ring)                        A (triplets)\r\nOh and the moon controls the movements of the tide\r\n          F#m (let ring)                        E (triplets)\r\nOh but it has no weight on the movements of my mind\r\n\r\n(This next part is acapella until the next chord is brought up. This section is supposed\r\nbe suspenseful so I would implore you to improvise with what you have around you as\r\nthrough this section, and have your friends or audience sing it with you)\r\n\r\nNC\r\nBut if you turn your hands to flames\r\n\r\nAll their light will burn the same\r\n\r\nWhether you just pass it through\r\n\r\nor if it's what you meant to do\r\n[tab](NC)       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd your sense of culpability[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs from the guides that you perceive[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTheir constant lies that you believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWill show you grace[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh when you turn to a ghost[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh but now the love you found[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIs raising you from muddy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd oh the death will let you down[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n'Cause your curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWill still go on the same[/tab]\r\n\r\nAND THAT'S THE END! Such a fun song, both to listen to and to play. Once again, feel\r","plain_text":"(note:for the intro and verse 1, use the A bar chord instead of the easier one lower on\nneck. For the rest of the song just use regular A.)\n\nIntro:\nA (CLAP CLAP CLAP!)\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(repeat the chord progression for verse 1 instrumentally before going into verse 2)\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(no instrumental break, cut straight to the next part)\n\n\n      D (let ring)                 A (triplets)\nWell in my lucid moments I could see\n             F#m (let ring)                    E (triplets)\nOh that the heart might be the weakest part of me\n            D (let ring)                        A (triplets)\nOh and the moon controls the movements of the tide\n          F#m (let ring)                        E (triplets)\nOh but it has no weight on the movements of my mind\n\n(This next part is acapella until the next chord is brought up. This section is supposed\nbe suspenseful so I would implore you to improvise with what you have around you as\nthrough this section, and have your friends or audience sing it with you)\n\nNC\nBut if you turn your hands to flames\n\nAll their light will burn the same\n\nWhether you just pass it through\n\nor if it's what you meant to do\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAND THAT'S THE END! Such a fun song, both to listen to and to play. Once again, feel","chords":["A","E","F#m","D"],"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]}}}