{"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":965483,"song":"Dress Blues","artist":"Jason Isbell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11619336-dress-blues-chords-by-jason-isbell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/965483?type=chord","rating":4.74987,"votes":347,"content":"Dress Blues- Jason Isbell\r\n\r\n\r\nChords Used:\r\n\r\nG:    320033\r\nEm/G: 022033\r\nC/G:  x32033\r\nD:    xx0232\r\nF#/G: 2x0033\r\nBm:   x24432\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nWhat can you see from your window?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nI can't see anything from mine.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nFlags on the side of the highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand scripture on grocery store signs.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nMaybe eighteen was too early.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nMaybe thirty or forty is too.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nDid you get your chance to make peace with the man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbefore he sent down his angels for you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em/G[/ch]      [ch]F#/G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMamas and grandmamas love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em/G[/ch]             [ch]F#/G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#/G[/ch]\r\n'cause that's all they know how to do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em/G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou never planned on the bombs in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/G[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nor sleeping in your dress blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nYour wife said this all would be funny[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nwhen you came back home in a week.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nYou'd turn twenty-two and we'd celebrate you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a bar or a tent by the creek.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nYour baby would just about be here.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nYour very last tour would be up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nbut you won't be back. They're all dressing in black[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\ndrinking sweet tea in styrofoam cups.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em/G[/ch]      [ch]F#/G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMamas and grandmamas love you[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em/G[/ch]    [ch]F#/G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#/G[/ch]\r\nAmerican boys hate to lose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em/G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou never planned on the bombs in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/G[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nor sleeping in your dress blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nNow the high school gymnasium's ready,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nfull of flowers and old legionnaires.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nNobody showed up to protest,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\njust sniffle and stare.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nBut there's red, white, and blue in the rafters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nand there's silent old men from the corps.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em/G[/ch]\r\nWhat did they say when they shipped you away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto fight somebody's Hollywood war?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em/G[/ch]      [ch]F#/G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody here could forget you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em/G[/ch]             [ch]F#/G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F#/G[/ch]\r\nYou showed us what we had to lose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em/G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou never planned on the bombs in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/G[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nor sleeping in your dress blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em/G[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nYou never planned on the bombs in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/G[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                \r\nor sleeping in your dress blues. [/tab]","plain_text":"Dress Blues- Jason Isbell\n\n\nChords Used:\n\nG:    320033\nEm/G: 022033\nC/G:  x32033\nD:    xx0232\nF#/G: 2x0033\nBm:   x24432\n\n[Intro]\n\nG  Em/G  G  Em/G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nG  Em/G  G  Em/G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nG  Em/G  G  Em/G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","Em/G","C/G","D","F#/G","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}