{"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":2437763,"song":"Death Of Floyd Collins","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2437763-death-of-floyd-collins-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2437763?type=chord","rating":4.11242,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, mother don't you worry, dear father don't' be sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll tell you all my troubles in an awful dream I had[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI dreamed I was a prisoner, my life I could not save[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI cried \"oh, must I perish within this silent cave\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe rescue party labored, they worked both night and day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo move the mighty barrier that stood within their way[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo rescue Floyd Collins, it was their battle cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"We'll never, no we'll never, let Floyd Collins die\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut on that fateful morning, the sun rose in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe workers still were busy, \"we'll save him by and by\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut oh how sad the ending, his life could not be saved[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis body was then sleeping in the lonely sandstone cave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYoung people, all take warning from Floyd Collin's fate[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd get right with your maker before it is too late[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt may not be a Sand Cave in which we find our tomb[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut on that day of judgment, we too must meet our doom[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nSongwriters: 1925 Irene Spain / Rev. Andrew Jenkins\r\nDeath of Floyd Collins lyrics © Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc.","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC F C C D G C F G G C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nC F C C D G C F G G C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSongwriters: 1925 Irene Spain / Rev. Andrew Jenkins\nDeath of Floyd Collins lyrics © Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc.","chords":["C","F","D","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}