{"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":697131,"song":"The Grave","artist":"Don McLean","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/697131-the-grave-chords-by-don-mclean/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/697131?type=chord","rating":4.83697,"votes":78,"content":"(Spoken)\r\nThe grave that they dug him had flowers\r\nGathered from the hillsides in bright summer colours\r\nAnd the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone…\r\nHe's gone\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n   [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ne|-1p0-----------0-------------------------0-------------------------------0--|\r\nB|------3-----------3--------------0h1--3-----3-------0-----------------3-----|\r\nG|---------2-----------2--------0----------------0h2-----2-----------1--------|\r\nD|------------0--------------2------------------------------------0-----------|\r\nA|------------------------3------------------------------------2--------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------0-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the wars of our nation did beckon[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nA man barely twenty did answer the calling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A5[/ch]\r\nProud of the trust that he placed in our nation. He's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut eternity knows him and it knows what we've done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd the rain fell like pearls on the leaves of the flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nLeaving brown muddy clay where the earth had been dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Am6[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd deep in the trench he waited for hours[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAs he held to his rifle and prayed not to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the silence of night was shattered by fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs guns and grenades blasted sharp through the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOne after another his comrades were slaughtered[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn a morgue of marines, alone standing there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe crouched ever lower, ever lower in fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey can't let me die, they can't let me die here[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll cover myself with the mud and the earth[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI'll cover myself, I know I'm not brave![/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe earth, the  earth, the earth is my grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Solo]\r\n          [ch]Am7[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|--5--5--5--------------5--7-----5--------5--5--3----------------------------|\r\nB|--------------------5-----------------------------------0--1-----0----------|\r\nG|-----------------5-----------------5-----------------0--------0-----0h2-----|\r\nD|--------------5--------------5--------------------0--------2-----0----------|\r\nA|-----------7----------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------5-----------------5-----------5-------\\3----------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne|--3-----------3--3--5-----3--------------------3--------------0-----0--0----|\r\nB|-----------1--------------------6-----6-----6-----6-----6-------------------|\r\nG|--------0--------------0-----3-----3--3--3-----------3-----3-----0----------|\r\nD|-----2--------------5-----------------0-------------------------------------|\r\nA|--3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ne|--0---------------3-----1-----0--0-------------0-----------------------0----|\r\nB|--1------------1-----------------1----3-----------3-----0-----------0-------|\r\nG|--2---------2--------2-----2-----2-------2-----------2--1--------1----------|\r\nD|--3------3-----------------------3----------3-----------2-----2-------------|\r\nA|--0---0--------------------------0------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------------0----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\ne|-1p0-----------0-------------------------0-------------------------------0--|\r\nB|------3-----------3--------------0h1--3-----3-------0-----------------3-----|\r\nG|---------2-----------2--------0----------------0h2-----2-----------1--------|\r\nD|------------0--------------2------------------------------------0-----------|\r\nA|------------------------3------------------------------------2--------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------0-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe grave that they dug him had flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nGathered from the hillsides in bright summer colours[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe's gone[/tab]","plain_text":"(Spoken)\nThe grave that they dug him had flowers\nGathered from the hillsides in bright summer colours\nAnd the brown earth bleached white at the edge of his gravestone…\nHe's gone\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Dm","C","E7","B","G","D","A","E","Am","A5","Am6","F","Am7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"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]}}}