{"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":997307,"song":"John Allyn Smith Sails","artist":"Okkervil River","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625241-john-allyn-smith-sails-chords-by-okkervil-river/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/997307?type=chord","rating":4.77788,"votes":49,"content":"At the beginning I've drawn up a general outline of the chord\r\n\r\n\r\nIMPORTANT: Capo at 2nd fret\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nVerses:\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nEnding of each verse:\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nEnding of 3rd bridge:\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nPre-chorus and chorus:\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Intro:\r\ne|--------------------|\r\nB|--------------------|\r\nG|--------------------|\r\nD|--------------0-----|\r\nA|--0--2--4--0--------|\r\nE|--------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy the second verse, dear friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy head will burst, my life will end[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo, I'd like to start this one off by saying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Live and love\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was young and at home in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was hanging on the words some poem said[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn '31[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was impressionable[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI was upsettable[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI tried to make my breathing stop, my heart beat slow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo, when my mom and John came in, I would be cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]      \r\nFrom a bridge on Washington Avenue,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe year of 1972[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                          \r\nBroke my bones and skull,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand it was memorable[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt was half a second in; I was halfway down-[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                \r\nDo you think I wanted to turn back around [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand teach a class[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            \r\nWhere you kiss the ass[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nthat I've exposed to you?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd at the funeral, the University[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCried at three poems they'd present in place of a broken me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]          \r\nI was breaking in a case of suds[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the Brass Rail, a fall-down drunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                 \r\nwith his tongue torn out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand his balls removed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew that my last lines were gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nwhile stupidly I lingered on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               \r\nOh, but wise men know[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen it's time to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd so I should, too[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge:\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd so I fly into the brightest winter sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf this frozen town. I'm stripped down to move on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nmy friends: I'm gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nPre-chorus and Chorus:\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I hear my father fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I hear my mother call[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I hear the others all whisper \"Come home\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm sorry to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI loved you all so[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut this is the worst trip I've ever been on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, hoist up the John B. sail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee how the main sail sets[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm full in my heart and my head and I wanna go home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a book in each hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nIn the way I had planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, this is the worst trip I've ever been on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, hoist up the John B. sail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee how the main sail sets[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm full in my heart and my head and I wanna go home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a book in each hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nIn the way I had planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI feel so broke up, I wanna go home.[/tab]\r","plain_text":"At the beginning I've drawn up a general outline of the chord\n\n\nIMPORTANT: Capo at 2nd fret\nTuning: Standard\n\nVerses:\nD A Bm G A  D\n\nEnding of each verse:\nEm\n\nBridge:\nBm G A\n\nEnding of 3rd bridge:\nEm  F# G A\n\nPre-chorus and chorus:\nD G D G\nD G D G\nD G D A\nD G D G\nD   A D\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge:\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-chorus and Chorus:","chords":["D","A","Bm","G","Em","F#","B","E"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}