{"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":1902488,"song":"Slouching Towards Bethlehem","artist":"Joni Mitchell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1902488-slouching-towards-bethlehem-chords-by-joni-mitchell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1902488?type=chord","rating":4.78414,"votes":5,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTurning and turning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithin the widening gyre[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe falcon cannot hear the falconer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThings fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe center cannot hold[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a blood dimmed tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs loosed upon the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNothing is sacred[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe ceremony sinks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nInnocence is drowned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn anarchy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]          \r\nThe best lack conviction[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGiven some time to think[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the worst are full of passion[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWithout mercy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSurely some revelation is at hand[/tab]\r\n  \r\nSurely it's the second coming\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the wrath has finally taken form[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor what is this rough beast[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]               \r\nIts hour come at last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlouching toward Bethlehem to be born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                 \r\nSlouching toward Bethlehem to be born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHoping and hoping[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs if by my weak faith[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe spirit of this world[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nWould heal and rise[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nVast are the shadows[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat straddle and strafe[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd struggle in the darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTroubling my eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShaped like a lion[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt has the head of a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a gaze as blank[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd pitiless as the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nAnd it's moving its slow thighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAcross the desert sands[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrough dark indignant[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nReeling falcons[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSurely some revelation is at hand[/tab]\r\n  \r\nSurely it's the second coming\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the wrath has finally taken form[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor what is this rough beast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIts hour come at last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlouching toward Bethlehem to be born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nSlouching toward Bethlehem to be born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nRaging and raging[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt rises from the deep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nOpening its eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter twenty centuries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nVexed to a nightmare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut of a stony sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy a rocking cradle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the Sea of Galilee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSurely some revelation is at hand[/tab]\r\n  \r\nSurely it's the second coming\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the wrath has finally taken form[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor what is this rough beast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIts hour come at last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlouching toward Bethlehem to be born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             \r\nSlouching toward Bethlehem to be born[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD7   G    Gm   D\nD7   G    Gm   D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n  \nSurely it's the second coming\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD7     G    Gm    D\nD7     G    Gm    D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n  \nSurely it's the second coming\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nD7     G    Gm    D\nD7     G    Gm    D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n  \nSurely it's the second coming\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD7     G    Gm    D\nD7     G    Gm    D","chords":["D7","G","Gm","D","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}