{"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":1855212,"song":"Home From The Forest","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1855212-home-from-the-forest-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1855212?type=chord","rating":4.87555,"votes":74,"content":"[INTRO:] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, the neon lights were flashing and the icy wind did blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe water seeped into his shoes and the drizzle turned to snow [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nHis eyes were red, his hopes were dead and the wine was running low [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd the old man came home[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis tears fell on the sidewalk as he stumbled in the street [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA dozen faces stopped to stare, but no one stopped to speak[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFor his castle was a hallway and the bottle was his friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd the old man stumbled in[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUp a dark and dingy staircase the old man made his way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis ragged coat around him, as upon his cot he lay [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd he wondered how it happened that he ended up this way [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nGetting lost like a fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as he lay there sleeping a vision did appear [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUpon his mantle shining, a face of one so dear [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWho had loved him in the springtime of a long forgotten year[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhen the wildflowers did bloom[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5:]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe touched his grizzled fingers and she called him by his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C/B[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then he heard the joyful sound of children at their games [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn an old house on a hillside, in some forgotten town [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhere the river runs down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the forest[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6:]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a mighty roar the big jet soars above the canyon streets [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the con men con, but life goes on, for the city never sleeps[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd to an old forgotten soldier, the dawn will come no more [/tab]\r\n[tab]N.C.    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the old man has come home[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the forest[/tab]","plain_text":"[INTRO:] G    C\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 6:]","chords":["G","C","F","C/B","Am","E7","A"],"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"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]}}}