{"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":979720,"song":"South Hill","artist":"Tim Barry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11621836-south-hill-chords-by-tim-barry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/979720?type=chord","rating":4.65928,"votes":4,"content":"I'm uploading this because I couldn't seem to find it online and had to\r\nself-teach it by ear. If I've gotten the chords wrong, I apologize, let me\r\nknow and I'll try to fix it. One way or another, I'm putting this here so\r\nsomeone else can get the same enjoyment out of this song that I do.\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen my girl got pregnant well I dropped right out of school[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut there's no work in South Hill so what else could I do?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe recruiter's came-a-knocking when this whole damn thing began[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey promised me a college education food and medicine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey said I wouldn't spend a dime if I got deployed overseas[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPlus Baghdad is safer now than old Washington, DC[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I signed that dotted line right quick and in a blink of an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI found myself at Fort Benning where I practiced forming lines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell Fallujah became my home, my comfort and my dread[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe marines that came through first man they tore this place to shreds[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith the sound of crushing Amtracs and the whine of their Humvee's[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCalling in them A-10 air strikes man I wish I could have seen it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut when we got to town I realized we were only legs[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe do dismounted patrols we do searches and do raids[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe hear the crack of small arms fire and the blast from IED's[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe hurry up and wait, suck in dust and stay low key[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B5[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I cannot stop this pounding in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B5[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI thought we were doing right but that's not what folks back home have said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSometimes I can't tell which way is up or which is down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I'm oddly at ease with this chaos all around[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen one day out on patrol doing time out in the heat[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were ordered to a neighborhood to talk to folks out on the street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo gather information on where some weapons may be stored[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOr to see if the Mujahideen had hauled them off out of Fallujah and to the north[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell my platoon got lost and made more then one wrong turn[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe should have called in our position fast but we blamed each other first[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen we started taking sniper fire - god damn them all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe couldn't find the shooter no where he had us pinned down one and all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell friendies they caught up and we took back that god damned street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut something wasn't right and I was feeling really weak[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy adrenaline was high and I was scared and I could hardly breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI heard doc argue with the Sarg that morphine might kill me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat's the last thing I remember that and heat and clear blue sky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd thinking about my girl back home and my daughters little eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI took that bullet in Fallujah and I'm laid up in Germany[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm headed back stateside to the care of Walter Reed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B5[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I cannot feel a thing below my waist[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B5[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDoc tried to help me man but it was too late[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow I don't know who is right or who is wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I'm fucked up and I want to go back home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B5[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I cannot stop this pounding in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B5[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI thought we were doing right but that's not what folks back home have said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSometimes I can't tell which way is up or which is down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut one day I'll stand firmly on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B5[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes one day I'll stand firmly on the ground[/tab]","plain_text":"I'm uploading this because I couldn't seem to find it online and had to\nself-teach it by ear. If I've gotten the chords wrong, I apologize, let me\nknow and I'll try to fix it. One way or another, I'm putting this here so\nsomeone else can get the same enjoyment out of this song that I do.\n\nIntro: E","chords":["E","A","B5"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}