{"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":842857,"song":"Calypso","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11600061-calypso-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/842857?type=chord","rating":4.86466,"votes":278,"content":"[Verse 1]  \r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]A6[/ch]                     [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nTo sail on a dream of a crystal clear ocean, to ride on the crest of a [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]A6[/ch]                     [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nwild raging storm. To work in the service of life and the living in search[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]Bm/A[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]A6[/ch]\r\nof the answers to questions unknown. To be part of the movement and part [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Amaj7[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em7/A[/ch]\r\nof the growing part of beginning to under stand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAye calypso the places youve been to the things you show us the stories you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntell. Aye calypso i sing to your spirit the men who have served you so [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlong and so well.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]A6[/ch]                    [ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\nLike the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you to light up the [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]A6[/ch]   \r\ndarkness and show us the way. For though we are strangers in your silent [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Amaj7[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]Bm/A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nworld to live on the land you must learn from the sea. To be true as the [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A6[/ch]                 [ch]Amaj7[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em7/A[/ch]\r\ntide and free as a wind-swell joyful and loving in letting it be.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] (x2)\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAye calypso the places youve been to the things you show us the stories you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntell. Aye calypso i sing to your spirit the men who have served you so [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlong and so well.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]  \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] (x2)","chords":["A","A6","Amaj7","Bm/A","Em7/A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Amaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,1,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,1,2,0]},"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]}}}