{"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":765834,"song":"There Was A Time","artist":"Donovan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11589698-there-was-a-time-chords-by-donovan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/765834?type=chord","rating":4.38123,"votes":3,"content":"There Was A Time - Donovan\r\nFrom 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G/F#[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n There was a time, I thought of mine only.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G/F#[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Could it be, oc-curred to me while lonely.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I was noble personage, born to beauti-fy the page.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIf I used time to set it down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G/F#[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n There was a time, I thought of mine only.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G/F#[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Could it be, oc-curred to me while lonely.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I was of high lineage, cast up in a dreadful age.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Born to be the hermit of my line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n On a windy saturday, St. Alban's market day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Little did I know the work I was to do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOr the love I had to show.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G/F#[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n There was a time, I thought of mine only.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G/F#[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Could it be, oc-curred to me while lonely.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I was of high lineage, cast up in a dreadful age.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n Born to be the hermit of my line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]","plain_text":"There Was A Time - Donovan\nFrom 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  G/F#  Em","chords":["A","G","G/F#","Em","C","Bm","D7","F#m","C/G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}