{"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":2370681,"song":"Readjustment Blues","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2370681-readjustment-blues-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2370681?type=chord","rating":4.9714,"votes":19,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust out of the infantry this morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI had to pay my dues across the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut no one back in boot camp ever warned me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch] \t      [ch]F[/ch]  \t        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat the readjustment blues would do to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t       [ch]G[/ch]\t   \t[ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"Welcome to Havannah\", said the pilot,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] \t\t         [ch]G[/ch]\t\t    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\"We must have made a wroooong turn on the way.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \t\t   [ch]F[/ch] \t\t     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\"Let's buy some cigars and keep it quiiiet,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t [ch]F[/ch]\t\t  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf they don't know we're here we'll get away.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t       [ch]G[/ch]\t       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust as I had realized he was joking,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t  [ch]G[/ch]\t      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw we were in Washington D.C.,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\t\t  [ch]F[/ch]\t       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause there was all the patriotic buiiiiildings.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\t       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust like I had seen them on T.V.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt must have been a holiday,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'cause there was this parade.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t                 [ch]F[/ch]\t\t    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeople carried signs I couldn't read that they had made.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   'Till I got closer and my heart fell to my socks;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\t\t      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  There was a battle raging and the air was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nFilled with teargas and rocks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t       [ch]G[/ch]\t\t    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere was the flag I'd fought against so often,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\t             [ch]G[/ch] \t           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe one I fought for hanging upsiiiide down,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\t\t      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe wind was blowing ha-AARD, the dirt was flying,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\t\t     [ch]F[/ch]\t              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt made the city sky-YY look dark and brown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t       [ch]G[/ch]  \t                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI saw a girl…    she could have been my sister,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t\t [ch]G[/ch]\t\t    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Except her hair was lo-OONG and in her face,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\t             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe explained…  this was a demonstraaaation,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\t\t         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAgainst the war… and foooor the human ra-AAACE.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\t          [ch]G[/ch]\t              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow I've seen a lot of strange things in my travels,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\t\t [ch]G[/ch]\t\t[ch]F[/ch]\r\nCannibals, yes…   and aliens galoooore,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I never thought I'd see so many peeeople[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\t\t [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSaying we don't want your + + + wAAA-aa-aar![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  The troops all had on uniforms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\t\t      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust like the one I'd worn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\t\t\t            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they were all domestic… and myy-yy duty chose waaar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\t\t   [ch]Am[/ch]\t\t       [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   They carried guuUUNS just like the ones across the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\t\t   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nExcept this time I was the citizen[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t     [ch]F[/ch]\t\t\t      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they was pointing their guns at meEEE,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\t       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, I-III was just a citizen[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I was walking down the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t   [ch]C[/ch]\t\t      [ch]G[/ch]\t\t    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it was just then that the Re-adjustment Bluuuuuuuuuuuues[/tab]\r\n[tab]\t       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGot through to meeeeeee-eeeee[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm Am Am    G G G G    F F F F   Am Am Am Am\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[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]","chords":["Am","G","F","D","C","Em"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}