{"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":2857316,"song":"A Mountaineer Is Always Free","artist":"Tim O'Brien","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11646101-a-mountaineer-is-always-free-chords-by-tim-o-brien/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2857316?type=chord","rating":4.92567,"votes":5,"content":"A Mountaineer is Always Free\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm one of the few, proud to be standing[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI walked up the pier from the coffin ships landing[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMy clothes were just rags, no use in this weather[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut my back was strong, my hands tough as leather[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI climbed up these hills till I came to the spot where I stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI cleared these fields and I pulled up the stumps with my hands[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo more a wanderer, no more a refugee[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA mountaineer is always free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTook a Cherokee bride, she gave me five babies[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI sang at the wakes, I cried at the weddings[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI taught all my children the songs of my youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo dance to the fiddle and practice the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI carried them up on my shoulders to where they could see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe whole world before them just so they would know what it means[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo more a wanderer, no more a refugee[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA mountaineer is always free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse Stub]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo kings and no landlords to treat us like beggars and thieves[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's no one but God here to fear or to look down on me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo more a wanderer, no more a refugee[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA mountaineer is always free[/tab]","plain_text":"A Mountaineer is Always Free\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse Stub]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","Bb","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}