{"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":2807315,"song":"So To Speak","artist":"Sting","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2807315-so-to-speak-chords-by-sting/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2807315?type=chord","rating":4.60663,"votes":5,"content":"[ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're seriously saying it's prolonging me life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nif I'll only submit to the surgical knife?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut what are the odds, on a month or a week?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen the betting shop's closing its doors, so to speak.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Amaj7[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Amaj7[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhen you're tied to a pump and a breathing machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwith their X-rays and probes and their monitor screens[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Amaj7[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Amaj7[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nand they'll wake you up hungry, saying \"How do you feel?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand then you're stuffed full of pills and a barium meal.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nProlonging me life? Now that's some kind of joke[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI'd be laughing me head off and I'd probably choke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe spirit's still willing, but the rest of me's weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnow the bets are all off and the prospects look bleak.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Amaj7[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]Amaj7[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWhen you're laid like a piece of old meat on the slab[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand they'll cut and they'll slice, and they'll poke and they'll jab[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Amaj7[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]Amaj7[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nand they'll grill ye and burn ye, and they'll wish ye good health[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nwith their radium chemo and God knows what else?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell you can't fault the science, though the logic is weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nis it really an eternal life we should seek?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat ship has sailed, that ship has sailed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat ship has already sailed, so to speak.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Amaj7[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]Amaj7[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOur mission is more than a struggle for breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Am7[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nfor a few extra rounds in a fight to the death[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Amaj7[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]Amaj7[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nwhen our mission is love, and compassion and grace[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am7[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nit's not a test of endurance, or a marathon race.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor love is the sabre, and love is the shield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nlove is the only true power we wield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nan eternal love, is all you should seek[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat ship will be ready to sail, so to speak[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI hear what you're saying because I've heard it before[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nbut I'm afraid if I let what is past through my door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nhow long would you stay, a month or a week[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen that ship has already sailed, so to speak?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShould I settle for something that's safe on this Earth?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm7[/ch]            [ch]Bbm[/ch]        [ch]Bbm7[/ch]        [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nwhat would it profit me, what is it worth?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nif I lose something precious, completely unique?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm7[/ch]            [ch]Bbm[/ch]        [ch]Bbm7[/ch]        [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nwhen it's only eternity's love we should seek.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nFor when that ship sails, and the course has been set[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand the wind's in the offing and the sails have been let[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand the hatches are full, and the hull doesn't leak[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthat ship has already to sail, so to speak.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nI'm tired and fading and losing the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nand I've no way to tell if it's day or it's night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nfollow your heart, it's the harbour you seek.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                           [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nAnd this ship is ready to sail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nthis ship is ready to sail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]Gm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthis ship is ready to sail, so to speak...[/tab]","plain_text":"E    A    F#m    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