{"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":786691,"song":"The Trapeze Swinger","artist":"Iron & Wine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/786691-the-trapeze-swinger-chords-by-iron-wine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/786691?type=chord","rating":4.87789,"votes":745,"content":"This is based off of Sam's performance at Messiah College.  You can find it on \r\nYouTube if you like.  Capo on the third fret.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHappily[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the rosebush laughing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith bruises on my chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe time when[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe counted every black car passing[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nYour house beneath the hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd up until[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone caught us in the kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith maps, a mountain range[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA piggy bank[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA vision too removed to mention[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFondly[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI heard from someone you're still pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then they went on to say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat the pearly gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad such eloquent graffiti[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike \"We'll meet again\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd \"Fuck the man\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd \"Tell my mother not to worry\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd angels with their great[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHandshakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWere always done in such a hurry[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat Halloween[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaking fools of all the neighbors[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOur faces painted white[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy midnight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'd forgotten one another[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when the morning came[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI was ashamed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnly now it seems so silly[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat season left the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd then returned[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now you're lit up by the city[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMistakenly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the window of the tallest tower[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCalling passers-by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe're much too high[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo see the empty road at happy hour[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGleam and resonate[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust like the gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAround the holy kingdom[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith words like \"Lost and found\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd \"Don't look down\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd \"Someone save Temptation\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs in the dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe had as rug-burn babies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAmong the fallen trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe're fast asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeside the lions and the ladies[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat called you what you like[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd even might[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive a gift for your behavior[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA fleeting chance to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA trapeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwinger high as any savior[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy misery[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how it lost me all I wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose dogs that love the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd chasing trains[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe colored birds above their running[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn circles around the well[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd where it spells[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the wall behind St. Peter[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo bright on cinder gray[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn spray paint[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Who the hell can see forever?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSeldomly[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the car behind the carnival[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy hand between your knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou turned from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd said, \"The trapeze act was wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut never meant to last\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe clowns that passed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaw me just come up with anger[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen it filled with circus dogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe parking lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHad an element of danger[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease, remember me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFinally[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all my uphill clawing[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy dear, but if I make[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe pearly gates[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll do my best to make a drawing[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf God and Lucifer[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA boy and girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn angel kissing on a sinner[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA monkey and a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA marching band[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll around the frightened trapeze swinger[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNa, na-na[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNa-na[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNa-na, na-na[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNa-na-na, na-na[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNa-na[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNa-na-na, na-na[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNa-na-na[/tab]","plain_text":"This is based off of Sam's performance at Messiah College.  You can find it on \nYouTube if you like.  Capo on the third fret.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G","F","Am","A"],"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]},"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]}}}