{"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":2105631,"song":"50000","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2105631-50000-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2105631?type=chord","rating":0.02146,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro] \r\n[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   \r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnother obituary in the paper today,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne more for the list of those who've already fallen.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnother one of our comrades is taken down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike so many others of our calling.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe tweet our anecdotes, our commentary,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr we sing his songs in some sad tribute,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhile the tabloids are holding a story of kiss and tell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat he's no longer able to deny or refute.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow well I remember the stadiums we played,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the lights sweeping across a sea of 50,000 souls we'd face.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA serious drug that you could never kick,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr one that you couldn't imagine you'd ever replace.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe flew like kites on the wings of amphetamine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSecured only to a bass line and a snare drum beat.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut really what did any of it mean?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen there's a higher philosophy in reflection and defeat.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n50,000 voices rising every time he'd sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd every word he ever wrote reflecting back to him.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStill believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReflecting now on my own past,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nInside this prison I've made of myself.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm feeling a little better today,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlthough the bathroom mirror is telling me something else.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThese lines of stress, one bloodshot eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe unhealthy pallor of a troubled ghost.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere did I put my spectacle case?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm half blind and as deaf as any post.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n50,000 hands are raised to a man that's just like you and me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe create the gods we can and gift them immortality.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStill believing that old lie, the one that your own face betrays,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRock Stars don't ever die, they only fade away.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro] \nA    D   \n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["A","D","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}