{"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":1484101,"song":"Caught In The Briars","artist":"Iron & Wine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1484101-caught-in-the-briars-chords-by-iron-wine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1484101?type=chord","rating":4.75967,"votes":11,"content":"Here's the most accurate chording for Caught in the Briars for both the Off The Record \r\nand WERS 88.9 sessions. They include the additional song \"Sundown,\" denoted below. I also \r\nincluded the cool little riff he plays in Tab form.\r\n\r\nThere's another version of this song that I much prefer, which is in DADGAD, but this is an \r\neasier, mellower version that doesn't require retuning or excessive hand movements.\r\n\r\n(Note: Minor chords are to be bar chords in the A-minor shape along the 1,2,3,4, and 5th strings at the 3rd, 2nd, and open frets, you can see how these are played in the variations options when highlighting chords.)\r\n\r\nENJOY!\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe back alley's full of rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd everything's shining[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs holy as she can be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe trick’s in the timing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFree as a morning bird[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFragile as china[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe’s stuck in the weakest heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf South Carolina[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nWhere all of the naked boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLay down beside her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSing her the saddest song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll caught in the briars[/tab]\r\n\r\nC (C's are flourished by playing open and one on the B String)\r\nG (G's are flourished by hammering open and two on the A and D strings)\r\n[ch]C[/ch] \r\n[ch]G[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nI never meant to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo hard in the doorway[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd all the sinners here[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave crosses for Sunday[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nKissed at the county fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nFrisked in the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhich proves as an answered prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut ain’t it a pity[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere all of the naked boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLay down beside her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSing her the saddest song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll caught in the briars[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nG (flourish then move into strumming)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Sundown]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere go the cops with the tomcat teeth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere come the church mice trying too hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe had a way to be kind with words[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had a knife in the back of my car[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNobody knows when the rain may come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody wants wake up and be cruel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe locked the door and the sun went down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn South Carolina with nothing to lose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Cm[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll of her naked boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd not even I was true[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[BONUS}\r\n\r\nRiff he was playing at the beginning of the videos\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------|\r\n|---0---------------|\r\n|-----0-----------0-|\r\n|-----------0-0h2---|\r\n|-------0-2---------|\r\n|-3-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------|\r\n|---0---------------|\r\n|-----0-------------|\r\n|-----------0-0h2-0-|\r\n|-------0-2---------|\r\n|-3-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------|\r\n|-------------------|\r\n|-----------------0-|  x2\r\n|-----------0-2-----|\r\n|-------0-2---------|\r\n|-3-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|-------------------|\r\n|---1-------------1-|\r\n|-----0-----0-0h2---|\r\n|-------0-2---------|\r\n|-3-----------------|\r\n|-------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Here's the most accurate chording for Caught in the Briars for both the Off The Record \nand WERS 88.9 sessions. They include the additional song \"Sundown,\" denoted below. I also \nincluded the cool little riff he plays in Tab form.\n\nThere's another version of this song that I much prefer, which is in DADGAD, but this is an \neasier, mellower version that doesn't require retuning or excessive hand movements.\n\n(Note: Minor chords are to be bar chords in the A-minor shape along the 1,2,3,4, and 5th strings at the 3rd, 2nd, and open frets, you can see how these are played in the variations options when highlighting chords.)\n\nENJOY!\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nC (C's are flourished by playing open and one on the B String)\nG (G's are flourished by hammering open and two on the A and D strings)\nC \nG \n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Sundown]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[BONUS}\n\nRiff he was playing at the beginning of the videos","chords":["A","C","G","Cm","Bm","Am","B","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"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]}}}