{"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":86665,"song":"Captain Jims Drunken Dream","artist":"James Taylor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/86665-captain-jims-drunken-dream-chords-by-james-taylor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/86665?type=chord","rating":4.96446,"votes":42,"content":"Captain Jim's Drunken Dream\r\nWords and Music by James Taylor\r\n(c) 1976, 1980 Country Road Music\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nNow you country fools in your one-horse town, you can laugh at me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nIt's plain as rain that you've never been down to the southern sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nTo see me now is like watching a fish on dry land[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]F/C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI only wish you could see me down in the is- lands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMister, that's my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]C/D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWhat a fool I was to leave the only happiness I've known.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nYou see me comin', you wink your eye and call me Captain Jim[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd when I don't do nothin' but to walk on by you say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n        \"Baby get a load of him.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAll I need is the sea and the sky and I know where I stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]F/C[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\ninstead of you hicks straight out of the sticks deciding I ain't a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll never understand;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUp here I'm just a whiskey bum but down there I'm a king[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]           [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\nIt sounds just like the angels up in heaven when they sing:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em7[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\"Welcome home,      welcome home.\"   -- Such a sight to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\ninstead of some Salvation Army sister singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\"Nearer My God to Thee.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nNow I know that the Yankee whiskey is takin' away my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nand I know that run is the only drink suitable to man-kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that this tree I'm under is shaped entirely wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]F/C[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI need to see a gentle palm tree and I won't wait too long[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can feel that it's comin' on strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe first cold wind of winter is flappin' in my clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]C/D[/ch]\r\nShowin' me the way with the direction that it blows.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWelcome home,      welcome home, let it blow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWelcome home,      welcome home, its such a sight to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd not some sad Salvation Army sister singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C/D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n\"Nearer Thy God To Thee\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nWelcome home,      welcome home (repeat and fade)[/tab]","plain_text":"Captain Jim's Drunken Dream\nWords and Music by James Taylor\n(c) 1976, 1980 Country Road Music","chords":["G","Em7","F/C","C","D","F","Am7","C/D","Dsus4","D7","G/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}