{"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":2862188,"song":"The Colonels Journal","artist":"Alec Benjamin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11646855-the-colonels-journal-chords-by-alec-benjamin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2862188?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe old colonel was a veteran[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEach night he'd take his medicine[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd stay up watching Letterman[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTrying to forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe things he saw when he was young[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe carnage and the sound of guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe kept his pain from everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the ink inside his pen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis battles were internal, raging wars inside his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til the end, he was a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the fight was never over[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBuried in the basement underneath some dirty socks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n´Til the end, he was a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the fight was never over[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the day he died, his kids flew in[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTook some time just to remember him[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey cleaned up his old medicine[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs everybody wept[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey were packing up the cellar[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen they found his diary, read it and[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCouldn't believe the things he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the ink inside his pen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis battles were internal, raging wars inside his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til the end, he was a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the fight was never over[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBuried in the basement underneath some dirty socks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til the end, he was a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the fight was never over[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMmmm-mmm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMmmm-mmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe old colonel was a veteran[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy granddad, and a gentleman[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll always remember him[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, I swear I won´t forget[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe things he saw when he was young[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe carnage and the sound of guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the pain he kept from everyone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith the ink inside his pen[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe colonel kept a journal of his troubles and regrets[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHis battles were internal, raging wars inside his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n´Til the end, he was a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the fight was never over[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe colonel kept a journal and he left it in a box[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBuried in the basement underneath some dirty socks[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n´Til the end, he was a soldier[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause the fight was never over[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nMmmm-mmm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMmmm-mmm[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","E","F#m","Em","D","Dm"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}