{"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":974501,"song":"Lungs","artist":"Townes Van Zandt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11620970-lungs-chords-by-townes-van-zandt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/974501?type=chord","rating":4.93076,"votes":295,"content":"Lungs Written and Performed by the great Townes Van Zandt\r\nI noticed that the chords in the other version posted on UG seemed to be \r\nincorrect, though the intro was spot on. Lungs is musically very simple (the \r\nlyrics are a different story entirely!). You'll only need Em and D.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWont you lend your lungs to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMine are collapsing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPlant my feet and bitterly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBreathe up the time that's passing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBreath I'll take and breath I'll give[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd pray the day's not poison[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStand among the ones that live [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn lonely indecision[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFingers walk the darkness down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMind is on the midnight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nGather up the gold you've found[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou fool it's only moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd if you stop to take it home[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYour hands'll turn to butter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBetter leave this dream alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTry to find another[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSalvation sat and crossed herself[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd called the devil partner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWisdom burned upon a shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWho'll kill the raging cancer?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSeal the river at its mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTake the water prisoner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFill the sky with screams and cries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBathe in fiery answer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJesus was an only son[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd love his only concept[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStrangers cry in foreign tongues [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd dirty up the doorstep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I for one and you for two[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAin't got the time for outside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeep your injured looks to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe'll tell the world that we tried[/tab]","plain_text":"Lungs Written and Performed by the great Townes Van Zandt\nI noticed that the chords in the other version posted on UG seemed to be \nincorrect, though the intro was spot on. Lungs is musically very simple (the \nlyrics are a different story entirely!). You'll only need Em and D.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["Em","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}