{"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":1740759,"song":"Albatross","artist":"Judy Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1740759-albatross-chords-by-judy-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1740759?type=chord","rating":4.75437,"votes":10,"content":"Intro [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe lady comes to the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nDressed in lavender and leather[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                      \r\nLooking North to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nShe finds the weather fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe hears the steeple bells[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nRinging through the orchard all the way from town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe watches seagulls fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                           \r\nSilver on the ocean stitching through the waves[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe edges of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMany people wander up the hills from all around you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMaking up your memories and thinking they have found you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nThey cover you with veils of wonder as if you were a bride[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]G#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYoung men holding violets are curious to know if you have cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd tell you why and ask you why, either way you answer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]Amaj7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLace around the collars of the blouses of the ladies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]Amaj7[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFlowers from a Spanish friend of the family[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                    \r\nThe embroidery of your life holds you in and keeps you out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]G#m[/ch]       \r\nBut you survive, imprisoned in your bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBehind the isinglass windows of your eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              \r\nAnd in the night, the iron wheels rolling through the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nDown the hills through the long grass to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in the dark, the hard bells ringing with pain [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]   \r\nCome away alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nEven now by the gate with your long hair blowing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]B[/ch]                      \r\nAnd the colors of the day that lie along your arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou must barter your life to make sure you are living[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nAnd the crowd that has come, you give them the colors[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd the bells and the wind and the dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           \r\nWill there never be a prince[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Amaj7[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho rides along the sea and the mountains?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Amaj7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nScattering the sand and the foam into amethyst fountains[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRiding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHolding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDay and night and day again and people come and go away forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]G#m[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nWhile the shining summer sea dances in the glass of your mirror[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]    \r\nWhile you search the waves for love and your visions for a sign[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your design[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd in the night, the iron wheels rolling through the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nDown the hills through the long grass to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nAnd in the dark, the hard bells ringing with pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nCome away alone, come away alone with me[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro C#m  F#m","chords":["C#m","F#m","B","A","Bm","D","E","Amaj7","G#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Amaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,1,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,1,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}