{"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":932918,"song":"Occident","artist":"Joanna Newsom","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613367-occident-chords-by-joanna-newsom/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/932918?type=chord","rating":4.28828,"votes":11,"content":"OCCIDENT\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nMercy me, the night is long.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nTake my pen, to write you this song.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord: is it harder to carry on,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nor to know when you are done?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll my life, I've felt as though[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]      \r\nI'm inside a beautiful memory,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nReplaying[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwith the sound turned down low.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLong-life, show your face.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSlow-heart, curb your taste.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSmoke me out of my hiding place.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLong-life, state your case.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat in the world are we waiting for—[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nbuilding glowing cities along the shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhere the wind batters in,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nbaiting my kin like a matador?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo much value, placed upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhat lies just beyond our plans:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwaving my handkerchief,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nrunning along, till the end of the sand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLong-life, speak your name.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm so tired of the guessing game.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut, something is moving,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\njust out of frame:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSlow-heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbrace and aim.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBreaching slowly, across the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\none mast—[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\na flash, like the stinger of a bee—[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto take you away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\na swarming fleet is gonna take you[/tab]\r\nfrom me.\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe universe is getting loose:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nsodden spread,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfrom some leaden disuse,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nrushing, unhinged,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntoward diminishing lights,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nlike a headless caboose.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll wait for you,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nalongside the ocean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand make do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwith my no-skin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut then, Long-life,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwill you let me in?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd then, Slow-heart,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nare you gonna know him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLong-life, speak your name.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wait, while I decry the wait.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd when I die, may I relate:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSlow heart, congregate.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch], [ch]Em[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch], [ch]F[/ch], [ch]Eb[/ch], [ch]Bb[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]Bb[/ch], [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo leave your home, and your family,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] \r\nfor some distortion of property?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, darling, I can't go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you may stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhere, with me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"OCCIDENT\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfrom me.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm, Em, F, C\nAm, F, Eb, Bb, C\nDm, G, Bb, C\nBb C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAm","chords":["Am","Em","F","C","Eb","Bb","Dm","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}