{"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":759023,"song":"I Asked When","artist":"Brett Dennen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11588867-i-asked-when-chords-by-brett-dennen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/759023?type=chord","rating":4.49761,"votes":4,"content":"[tab]-----------------------------------|\r\n------1---1--1---1-1-1-------------|\r\n------0---0--0---0-0-0-------0-0---|\r\n----0-0h2-2--2---2-0-2---0---0-0---|\r\n-0h2--3---3--3---3-3-3---0h2-2-2---|\r\n-------------------------3---3-3---|\r\n        ^strum^            ^strum^[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo on 9th\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I dreamed I went out a wanderin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI heard promises become fables forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw bridges stretchin’ out across the water[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd towers pushing taller[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew my reality was clearly defined[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the fences put up around my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI watched them thickening the walls over time[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTaller then any borderline [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw civilizations deemed insignificant[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw people’s history tattooed on their skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw families taken from their land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDynasty shattered and stolen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I asked when is the revolution[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI asked when is the revolution[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd all the burdens centuries accrue\r\nThey get passed to every generation’s youth\r\nAnd all the allegories told in lewd truth\r\nI watched them grow wild and spread like the flu\r\n\r\nI saw the rise of an untamed industry\r\nI watched machines print a paper economy\r\nI saw my own self stand right in front of me\r\nAnd I didn’t do a thing\r\n\r\nI saw poisons pushed in the street\r\nPrescription pills mingling in the mezzanine\r\nWith the whole wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies\r\nStill poor people were dying from disease\r\n\r\nAnd I asked when is the revolution\r\nI asked when is the revolution\r\nI asked when is the revolution\r\nI asked when is the revolution\r\n\r\nAnd I broke down at the break of dawn\r\nAnd saw looming in the clouds above the Pentagon\r\nAs real as the Holocaust, as strong as the Parthenon\r\nVisions of Sudan, Iraq, and Vietnam\r\n\r\nAnd I stood silent upon a flooded levee\r\nAnd stared at the ruins of a merchant city\r\nAnd the president who came to dine with the noble\r\nHe didn’t do a thing\r\n\r\nI saw three ships come sailing in\r\nThrough the passage of the Caribbean\r\nI saw children coming home in coffins\r\nMillions marching on Washington\r\n\r\nAnd I asked when is the revolution\r\nI asked when is the revolution\r\nI asked when is the revolution\r\nI asked when is the revolution","plain_text":"Capo on 9th\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd all the burdens centuries accrue\nThey get passed to every generation’s youth\nAnd all the allegories told in lewd truth\nI watched them grow wild and spread like the flu\n\nI saw the rise of an untamed industry\nI watched machines print a paper economy\nI saw my own self stand right in front of me\nAnd I didn’t do a thing\n\nI saw poisons pushed in the street\nPrescription pills mingling in the mezzanine\nWith the whole wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies\nStill poor people were dying from disease\n\nAnd I asked when is the revolution\nI asked when is the revolution\nI asked when is the revolution\nI asked when is the revolution\n\nAnd I broke down at the break of dawn\nAnd saw looming in the clouds above the Pentagon\nAs real as the Holocaust, as strong as the Parthenon\nVisions of Sudan, Iraq, and Vietnam\n\nAnd I stood silent upon a flooded levee\nAnd stared at the ruins of a merchant city\nAnd the president who came to dine with the noble\nHe didn’t do a thing\n\nI saw three ships come sailing in\nThrough the passage of the Caribbean\nI saw children coming home in coffins\nMillions marching on Washington\n\nAnd I asked when is the revolution\nI asked when is the revolution\nI asked when is the revolution\nI asked when is the revolution","chords":["C","G","D"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}