{"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":990192,"song":"Broken Parakeet Blues","artist":"Ike Reilly","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11623854-broken-parakeet-blues-chords-by-ike-reilly/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/990192?type=chord","rating":4.37202,"votes":7,"content":"Broken Parakeet Blues :  Intro - [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   \r\nEast of the village and west of the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nUp on the high ground where the soldiers would stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCooling themselves in the sulfurous breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt seemed like something to lose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe houses were filled with flattering hosts[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn tight shirts and compliments for soldiers and ghosts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp on the high ground blowing their loads[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the cowgirls left back home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow can you say there’s nothing to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSinging your broken parakeet blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the side of the highway lighting the fuse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBlack like the crows from the cattlecar fumes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, up on the highway near 29 Palms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI saw busloads of soldiers rolling along[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd people like crows on the side of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWaving goodbye to lovers and sons[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe soldiers were boys, there were brown ones and fat ones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhite ones and cool ones and camouflaged black ones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSweet ones and cruel ones but I didn’t see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnybody I thought had money like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome were sleeping, some dreaming, some quietly weeping[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut of 29 Palms the buses kept creeping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nRight through the desert and out to the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n29 Palms won’t see ’em no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow can you say there’s nothing to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSinging your broken parakeet blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the side of the highway lighting the fuse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBlack like the crows from the cattlecar fumes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow can you just wave farewell to them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nKnowing what you know and where you have been[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the side of the highway lighting the fuse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSinging your broken parakeet blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHow can you say there’s nothing to lose[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   \r\nEast of the village and west of the trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nUp on the high ground where the soldiers would stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCooling themselves in the sulfurous breeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe all crowed those parakeet blues[/tab]","plain_text":"Broken Parakeet Blues :  Intro - D   A   G   D  A\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\n\n\nD   A   G   D  A","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}