{"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":1825534,"song":"Summer Highland Falls","artist":"Billy Joel","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1825534-summer-highland-falls-chords-by-billy-joel/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1825534?type=chord","rating":4.80677,"votes":20,"content":"A much more simplified version: \r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThey say that these are not the best of times, but they're the only times I've ever known,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow I have seen that sad surrender in my lover's eyes, and I can only stand apart and sympathize.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nFor we are always what our situations hand us, it's either sadness or euphoria....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Gm[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd so we argue and we compromise, and realize that nothing's ever changed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor all our mutual experience, our separate conclusions are the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow we are forced to recognize our inhumanity, our reason co-exists with our insanity.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Gm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd though we choose between reality and madness, it's either sadness or euphoria....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies, perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd so we'll stand upon the ledges of our lives, with our respective similarities,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's either sadness or euphoria....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]","plain_text":"A much more simplified version: \n\n[Intro]\nF  Am  Gm  Bb  F  Gm  Bb\nF  Am  Gm  Bb  F  Gm  Bb\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\nF  Am  Gm  Bb  F  Gm  Bb\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\nF  Am  Gm  Bb  F  Gm  Bb\nF  Am  Gm  Bb  F  Gm  Bb\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\nF  Am  Gm  Bb  F  Gm  Bb\nF  Am  Gm  Bb  F  Gm  Bb","chords":["A","F","Am","Gm","Bb","C","Dm","G","Eb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}