{"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":2089003,"song":"The Hostage","artist":"Judy Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2089003-the-hostage-chords-by-judy-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2089003?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Judy Collins - The Hostage\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI'm a guard in the grey iron prison, at least I was 'till now[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt was never a picnic social, never a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey never come in laughing and you know they never taught them how[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt was damn hard work, and you wouldn't believe the pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt was early in the morning, lord, I wasn't but half awake[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the cons went nuts, and took us by surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI never was one for shaking, but I found it hard to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith a six-inch blade held right before my eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe could hear a siren blowing, somebody yelled in pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen it got so quiet, you could hear a bird walk by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey all had masks on their faces, and they spoke with a voice of Cain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"If they come in shooting, then you know you're bound to die\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI turned to a buddy named Willie, I said \"Willie, it'll be all right[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIf they meant to kill us we'd be half way down to Hell[/tab]\r\n\r\nSee, they high-jacked a plane in the desert\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the government screamed and cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut to save some lives, they opened up a prison cell\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo the days kept coming and going, tension was getting high[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut I wasn't too worried, I figured I knew the score[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI knew they were talking to someone, I knew they were willing to try[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo I figured my freedom was a matter of a day or two more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut, Jesus, early this morning, the whirlybird dropped the gas[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt made me puke and it brought me to my knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe bullets came like hailstones, I heard the first ones pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen they cut down Willie, and they got Jim Kelly and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey come in yelling curses, like they were crossing the River Rhine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShot down every goddamned thing they saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd while I lay there wounded, I took another one in my spine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPoor Jim Kelly took another one in his jaw[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey say we had our throats cut by a band of desperate men[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSay they saved as many of us as they could[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, the governor he should know it, but I think I'll say it again[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThat the governor cut my throat and he cut it good[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLet them take the governor, hold him for a couple of days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSee who goes in shooting to set him free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHell, they'd open every jail in the country, they'd send them on their way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey'd never do to him what the governor done to me[/tab]","plain_text":"Judy Collins - The Hostage\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nSee, they high-jacked a plane in the desert\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]","chords":["Dm","G","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}