{"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":1747853,"song":"The Pearl","artist":"Emmylou Harris","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1747853-the-pearl-chords-by-emmylou-harris/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1747853?type=chord","rating":4.97435,"votes":13,"content":"The song was originally recorded on the album ‘Red Dirt Girl’. This version is from \r\na live performance given by Emmylou Harris in North Charleston, January 2014.\r\n\r\nOpen A tuning:  EAC#EAE\r\n\r\nChords used:\r\n[ch]A[/ch]       - X00000\r\n[ch]E[/ch]       - X77777\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]     - XX5545\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       - XX5555\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch]     - X43440\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, the dragons are gonna fly tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey’re circling low and inside tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt’s another round in the losing fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOut along the great divide tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe are soldiers in an ancient war[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSeeking out some half remembered shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe drink our fill and still we thirst for more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAsking if there’s no heaven what is this hunger for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOur path is worn our feet poorly shod[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe lift our prayer against the odds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd fear the silence is the voice of God, of God, of God[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe cry Hallelujah[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSorrow is constant and the joys are brief[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe seasons come and bring no sweet relief[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTime is brutal but a careless thief[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWho takes our lot but leaves behind the grief[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt is the heart that kills us in the end[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust one more old broken bone that cannot mend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs it was now and ever shall be, Amen, Amen, Amen[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe cry Hallelujah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo there will be no guiding light for you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe are not sailors lost out on the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were always headed toward eternity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHoping for a glimpse of Galilee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike falling stars from the Universe we are hurled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDown through the long loneliness of the world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nUntil we behold the pain become The Pearl, The Pearl, The Pearl[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we cry Hallelujah, Hallelujah[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe cry Hallelujah.[/tab]","plain_text":"The song was originally recorded on the album ‘Red Dirt Girl’. This version is from \na live performance given by Emmylou Harris in North Charleston, January 2014.\n\nOpen A tuning:  EAC#EAE\n\nChords used:\nA       - X00000\nE       - X77777\nF#m     - XX5545\nD       - XX5555\nC#m     - X43440","chords":["A","E","F#m","D","C#m"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}