{"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":2703684,"song":"Crooked Tree","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2703684-crooked-tree-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2703684?type=chord","rating":4.89988,"votes":4,"content":"Song: Crooked Tree\r\nArtist: Sting and Shaggy\r\nAlbum: 44/876    (2018)\r\n\r\nVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByKRWzPTCus\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch] [ch]A#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]Gm[/ch]                         [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll rise for the Honorable Judge Burrell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]A#[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis court is called to order, These charges are serious[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]      [ch]A#[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStand up and face the bencch,  How do you plead, Sir? How do you plead?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n(Shaggy)\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n€œGuilty as charged,the Judge decreed, €œstand up and face the bench[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have some words to say to you before we recommence[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA list of crimes this serious, I swear I have not seen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn all the years that I have served Her Majesty the Queen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n(Shaggy)\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nArson, murder, blackmail, grand larceny and theft[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDrug dealing, human trafficking, I ask the court, what€™s left?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAre there words of mitigation, before I pass the sentence?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]        [ch]A#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnything that you can tell the court to add to your defense[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n(Sting)\r\n[tab][ch]A#[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI faced the court, thought long and hard, before I gave reply[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]A#[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's something that you need to hear, from me before I die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Gm[/ch]            [ch]A#[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe circumstances of my birth were something short of bliss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have this from my mother, it was told to me like this[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n(Sting)\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe day that I was born, she said, The Good Lord woke from slumber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLooking a€˜round his timber yard, He found He had no lumber[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]               [ch]A#[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nApart from some old twisted branch, in shadows left to lurk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Hm[/ch]               [ch]Hm[/ch]                 [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe pulled it out into the light and set about his works[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n(Sting)\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe told me that the world should not expect too much of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the Good Lord carved my crooked soul, out of a crooked tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the Good Lord carved my crooked soul, out of a crooked tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n(Shaggy)\r\n[tab] [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStand up and face the bench[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gm[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'™ve heard all you'€™ve got to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Hm7[/ch]                            [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThat there look on your face says you're guilty[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A#[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd now it'€™s your judgment day€[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n(Sting)\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]A#[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'€™m not asking for forgiveness, I'€™m not proud of what I'€™ve done[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]                 [ch]A#[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI did the things I had to do, like any other mothers son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]       [ch]A#[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNone of us are perfect, so remember what you see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the Good Lord carved my crooked soul, out of a crooked tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]A#[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen the Good Lord carved my crooked soul, out of a crooked tree[/tab]","plain_text":"Song: Crooked Tree\nArtist: Sting and Shaggy\nAlbum: 44/876    (2018)\n\nVideo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByKRWzPTCus\n\n[Intro]\n\nDm Gm A# A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n(Shaggy)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n(Shaggy)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n(Sting)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n(Sting)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n(Sting)\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n(Shaggy)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n(Sting)","chords":["Dm","Gm","A#","A","Am","F","Em","Hm","Hm7","Gm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}