{"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":997334,"song":"Sir Galahad","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625244-sir-galahad-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/997334?type=chord","rating":4.62741,"votes":48,"content":"The song is picked with a quick pattern (hear and watch him perform the song on Chimney Smoke).\r\n\r\nCapo 2nd fret (he has played it open in concert as well)\r\nAll chords are relative to the capo.\r\nThere are two progressions\r\n[ch]C[/ch] F, [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] F, [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe angel of the Holy Grail[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nsaw Galahad come ridin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo he took the Holy Grail off the shelf.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd inside the holy chapel made for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHoly Grail hidin' the angel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCould be seen to smile to himself.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"If you're the great Sir Galahad[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFrom now on,\" said the angel[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"May all angels call me blessed of my race.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"If you're not the great Sir Galahad[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll warn you, keep on ridin' and if you are[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI pray you'll let me see your face.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGalahad took off his helmet, said[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Good angel look upon me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFear not, for I bring tidings of great joy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor long years the grail you've guarded, now[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou get to let me drink it, how[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHappy must be angels thus employed.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"All the favors you shower upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMe, a simple angel,\" said the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAngel, \"your magnificence abounds.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTake your boots off great Sir Galahad,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor by your astounding beauty whatever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGround you stand on turns to holy ground.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGalahad took off his boots, and he[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWatched the ground quite closely[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the angel smiled to himself again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I can't believe I'm asking, but[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSir Galahad please tell me, what is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt that makes you want to go to heaven?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn heaven there's no lamb chops,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nQueen Guinevere's for hand jobs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMarijuana, Kenny Rogers, or ecstasy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo pillaging, no rape, perhaps[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nyou've come by some mistake to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthis seems more error than knight errantry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, and what about the stable boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI know you think they're handsome[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand some of them, they think you're awful handsome too.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd, sitting up in heaven, you'll still[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nthink about them often, when you're an[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nangel thinking's all that you can do.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt this, Sir Galahad got angry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Angel,\" he said, \"don't you tempt me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI wish to go to heaven and not to hell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo when stable boys look lonesome,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen the women call me handsome,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'll hold me virtue very firmly by myself.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I guarantee you'll hold it often,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nsaid the angel. \"Oh one more thing, before you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\ndrink the wine, please take your armor off.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI gotta carry you to heaven,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd despite what you'd imagine,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI have trouble bearing heavy things aloft.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSir Galahad stood naked[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn a pile of his armor,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis boots and helmet scattered all around.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis perfect lips, they sipped the grail,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis perfect heart commenced to fail,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis perfect body fell upon the ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe angel lit a cigarette.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen he was sure Galahad was dead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe picked all of his clothes up off the floor.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I put on his boots and armor[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI laid his body on the altar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut his helmet on and I headed for the door.[/tab]","plain_text":"The song is picked with a quick pattern (hear and watch him perform the song on Chimney Smoke).\n\nCapo 2nd fret (he has played it open in concert as well)\nAll chords are relative to the capo.\nThere are two progressions\nC F, C G C\nAm G C F, C G C\n\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse]\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[Instrumental]\n| C   | F   | C G | C   |\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[Instrumental]\n| C   | F   | C G | C   |\n| C   | F   | C G | C   |\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[Instrumental]\n| C   | F   | C G | C   |\n| C   | F   | C G | C   |","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}