{"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":931735,"song":"Gethsemane","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613154-gethsemane-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/931735?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAmong the headstones you played as boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCrypts and tombs like a roomful of toys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust up the river from the smoke and the noise, Gethsemane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd there’s war-whoops and secret signs in the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEstuary smells coming up on the breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nO perfect endless days like these, O Gethsemane[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSailboat on the Cadie, pushbike on the quay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nIn your eyes there’s fire, in your hand destiny[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n‘O be something, be something fine!’[/tab]\r\n\r\nJust down the river, into the noise and the smoke\r\nBeing daring with the staring, uncaring folk\r\nWho laugh with you, laugh at you, you’ll never get the joke Gethsemane\r\nAnd they broke your spirit there in the marines\r\nFlushed your head down in the latrines\r\nFrozen in your sacrement, derailed in your teens never saw the enemy\r\n\r\nAnd those bosses betrayed, soon let you go\r\nThe fire in your eyes, how could they know\r\n‘O be something, be something fine!’\r\n\r\nNow you’ve got your own boys, hell bent for leather\r\nDead before they’re 18, or bitter old men forever\r\nThey never saw the halo moon rise over the river of Gethsemane\r\nNow there’s a pain in your head puts lead in your shoes\r\nBetter get it seen to, it’s going to be bad news\r\nHow did the perfect world get so confused, O Gethsemane\r\n\r\nWho sucked out the freedom, days without end\r\nUnder the weight of it all you must bend\r\n‘O be something, be something fine!’ \r","plain_text":"Just down the river, into the noise and the smoke\nBeing daring with the staring, uncaring folk\nWho laugh with you, laugh at you, you’ll never get the joke Gethsemane\nAnd they broke your spirit there in the marines\nFlushed your head down in the latrines\nFrozen in your sacrement, derailed in your teens never saw the enemy\n\nAnd those bosses betrayed, soon let you go\nThe fire in your eyes, how could they know\n‘O be something, be something fine!’\n\nNow you’ve got your own boys, hell bent for leather\nDead before they’re 18, or bitter old men forever\nThey never saw the halo moon rise over the river of Gethsemane\nNow there’s a pain in your head puts lead in your shoes\nBetter get it seen to, it’s going to be bad news\nHow did the perfect world get so confused, O Gethsemane\n\nWho sucked out the freedom, days without end\nUnder the weight of it all you must bend\n‘O be something, be something fine!’","chords":["D","F","C","G","Bb","Dm","Gm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}