{"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":954457,"song":"A Fathers Arms","artist":"Yonder Mountain String Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11617265-a-fathers-arms-chords-by-yonder-mountain-string-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/954457?type=chord","rating":4.99911,"votes":7,"content":"A Fathers Arms, Yonder Mountain String Band, Town by Town (2006)\r\n\r\nIntro: \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe news it came to me as a surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew that I would have to deal in time[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd as the messenger walked right off the porch[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA memory came to me from times before[/tab]\r\n\r\nI remember when my dad was called away\r\nMy mother put his pictures all away\r\nAnd now the time had come for me to go\r\nTo my love my tears I tried not to show\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith tear drops on my face[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThinking 'bout that old homeplace[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRiding across the planes in the rain[/tab]\r\n\r\nBanjo Solo\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe letters from my dad described the war[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis food was canned, his boots they made him sore[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd one letter from my dad spoke of a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho got lost between the water and the land[/tab]\r\n\r\nNow I'm the one writing letters to my son\r\nI'll be home as soon as the fightin's done\r\nWith my gun in hand I guess it's hard to see\r\nWhat it was that used to be inside of me\r\n\r\n[ Chorus ]\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nToday we moved in sight of the enemy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThough I didn't even know what they had done[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]F#[/ch]                                            \r\nThe general yelled to me, when I count to three[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGet on your feet and start to run[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat's the last event I can recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe tent was big but could not hold us all[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThough I'll never know what got the best of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI swear I felt my dad looking over me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ Chorus - x2 ]\r","plain_text":"A Fathers Arms, Yonder Mountain String Band, Town by Town (2006)\n\nIntro: \nD A Bm G D A \n\n\n\n\n\nI remember when my dad was called away\nMy mother put his pictures all away\nAnd now the time had come for me to go\nTo my love my tears I tried not to show\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\nBanjo Solo\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow I'm the one writing letters to my son\nI'll be home as soon as the fightin's done\nWith my gun in hand I guess it's hard to see\nWhat it was that used to be inside of me\n\n[ Chorus ]\n\n[Guitar Solo]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[ Chorus - x2 ]","chords":["A","D","Bm","G","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}