{"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":912343,"song":"Walt Whitmans Niece","artist":"Billy Bragg","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11610041-walt-whitmans-niece-chords-by-billy-bragg/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/912343?type=chord","rating":4.75541,"votes":46,"content":"::::::::::::::::::::\r\nWALT WHITMAN'S NIECE\r\n::::::::::::::::::::\r\n\r\n(Bragg/Guthrie)\r\n\r\n\r\nintro: [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLast night or the night before that (I won't say which night)[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   \r\nWalked up to a big old building (I won't say which building)[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nAnd would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf there had not have been two girls[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Leaving out the names of those two girls)\r\n\r\nI recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)\r\nI remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)\r\nA girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)\r\nAs she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)\r\nDown in her lap (and I can mention which lap)\r\n\r\nspoken:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy seaman buddy and his girl moved off[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter a couple of pages, and there I was[/tab]\r\n\r\nAll night long, laying and listening\r\n\r\nAnd forgetting the poems\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd as well as I could recall[/tab]\r\n\r\nOr my seaman buddy could recollect\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe girl had told us that she was a niece of Walt Whitman[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut not which niece\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it takes a night and a girl[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd a book of this kind\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA long long time to find its way back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nharmonica solo over verse chords\r\n\r\n\r\nLast night or the night before that (I won't say which night)\r\nA seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman)\r\nWalked up to a big old building (I won't say which building)\r\nAnd would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs)\r\nIf there had not have been two girls\r\n(Leaving out the names of those two girls)\r\n\r\nYes, I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)\r\nI remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)\r\nA girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)\r\nAs she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)\r\nDown in her lap (and I can mention which lap)\r\n\r\nfade out: guitar solo over verse","plain_text":"::::::::::::::::::::\nWALT WHITMAN'S NIECE\n::::::::::::::::::::\n\n(Bragg/Guthrie)\n\n\nintro: A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Leaving out the names of those two girls)\n\nI recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)\nI remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)\nA girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)\nAs she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)\nDown in her lap (and I can mention which lap)\n\nspoken:\n\n\n\n\nAll night long, laying and listening\n\nAnd forgetting the poems\n\n\nOr my seaman buddy could recollect\n\n\nBut not which niece\n\n\nAnd a book of this kind\n\n\n\nharmonica solo over verse chords\n\n\nLast night or the night before that (I won't say which night)\nA seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman)\nWalked up to a big old building (I won't say which building)\nAnd would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs)\nIf there had not have been two girls\n(Leaving out the names of those two girls)\n\nYes, I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room)\nI remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug)\nA girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems)\nAs she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head)\nDown in her lap (and I can mention which lap)\n\nfade out: guitar solo over verse","chords":["A","D","E"],"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]}}}