{"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":1798605,"song":"Far Afghanistan","artist":"James Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1798605-far-afghanistan-chords-by-james-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1798605?type=chord","rating":4.82432,"votes":10,"content":"FAR AFGHANISTAN - JAMES TAYLOR\r\n\"Before This World\"(2015)\r\nSubmitted by ClassicalfreaK\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO (lower case: individual notes, not chords)\r\nf#-a - B5\r\nd-e-a - B5\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBack home Indiana, we just learn to get along[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em9[/ch]\r\nCivilized and socialized they teach you right from wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHow to hold your liquor and how to hold your tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHow to hold a woman or a baby or a gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A/C#[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut nothing will prepare you for the far Afghanistan[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou can listen to their stories and pick up what you can[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou listen to their stories maybe read a book or two[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nUntil they send you out there, man you haven’t got a clue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh the Hindu Kush, the Band-e Amir, the Hazara[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey tell you a tradition in the hills of Kandahar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey say young boys are taken to the wilderness out there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTaken to the mountain alone and in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf he makes it home alive they teach him how to fight[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A/C#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThey fought against the Russians, they fought against the Brits[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nHell, they fought old Alexander, talking ‘bout him ever since[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd after 9/11 here comes your Uncle Sam[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A/C#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnother painful lesson in the far Afghanistan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E/B[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A/C#[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI was ready to be terrified and ready to be mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI was ready to be homesick, the worst I’ve ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI expected to be hated and insulted to my face[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A/C#[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut nothing could prepare me for the beauty of the place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo matter what they tell you, all soldiers talk to God[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIt’s a private conversation written in your blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe enemy’s no different, bad-ass holy wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat crazy bastard talks to God and his God talks back to him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E/G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]B5[/ch]\r\n(solo)[/tab]\r\n[fade out ...]","plain_text":"FAR AFGHANISTAN - JAMES TAYLOR\n\"Before This World\"(2015)\nSubmitted by ClassicalfreaK\n\n\nINTRO (lower case: individual notes, not chords)\nf#-a - B5\nd-e-a - B5\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC#m A C#m A C#m A\nC#m A F#m Bm E/B Bm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE/G# A C#m F#m Bm\n\n[fade out 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