{"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":847136,"song":"When I Was Afraid","artist":"The Thermals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11600624-when-i-was-afraid-chords-by-the-thermals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/847136?type=chord","rating":0.09066,"votes":0,"content":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\nVerse 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      \r\nTime kept me line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKept me defined[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt kept me safe when I was afraid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKept me in line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKept me defined[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nIt kept me sane when I was afraid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n          Counting the days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]      \r\n          Pacing the sky[/tab]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n        \r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHolding every breath I had left in time[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n\r\nGravity, I can't forget\r\nYou saved my hide a thousand ways\r\nGravity, I can't forgive\r\nYou let me go\r\nI fell away when I was afraid\r\n\r\nFalling away\r\nOut into space\r\nLosing all my breath when I was afraid\r\n\r\nChorus 1\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         \r\nFear was mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]\r\nFear was by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt kept me well[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nHell, it kept me alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]    \r\nI counted days as they faded away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI only felt sane when I was afraid[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nLove, it held me near\r\nYou held me close\r\nI couldn't die when I was afraid\r\nYou held me close\r\nI couldn't die\r\nI couldn't live when I was afraid\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         \r\nFear was mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#[/ch]\r\nFear was by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt kept me well[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nHell, it kept me alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]    \r\nI counted days as they faded away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI only felt sane when I was afraid[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Solo:\r\ne|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|--------------------------------------------------9-9-8-9-8-9-8-/13-11-----|\r\nA|-----------------------7-7-6-7-7/9-7-6---11-11-9---------------------------|\r\nE|0--0--2--4-4-4h5-4-2-0-----------------9-----------------------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTuning: Standard\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE   G#  F#  A\n        \n\n\nVerse 2\n\nGravity, I can't forget\nYou saved my hide a thousand ways\nGravity, I can't forgive\nYou let me go\nI fell away when I was afraid\n\nFalling away\nOut into space\nLosing all my breath when I was afraid\n\nChorus 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLove, it held me near\nYou held me close\nI couldn't die when I was afraid\nYou held me close\nI couldn't die\nI couldn't live when I was afraid","chords":["C#m","A","F#","E","G#","B","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}