{"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":917517,"song":"Terrapin Station","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/917517-terrapin-station-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/917517?type=chord","rating":4.69975,"votes":219,"content":"Intro: strum F Dm F Dm F so on, the lick sort of just comes naturally…\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet my inspiration flow in token rhyme, suggesting rhythm,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nThat will not forsake me, till my tale is told and done.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the firelight’s aglow, strange shadows from the flames will[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\ngrow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTill things we’ve never seen will seem familiar.[/tab]\r\n\r\nSame pattern for the following verses:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShadows of a sailor, forming winds both foul and fair all swarm.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nDown in Carlisle, he loved a lady many years ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHere beside him stands a man, a soldier from the looks of him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWho came through many fights, but lost at love.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile the storyteller speaks, a door within the fire creaks;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nSuddenly flies open, and a girl is standing there.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEyes alight, with glowing hair, all that fancy paints as fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe takes her fan and throws it, in the lion’s den.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhich of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nI will not forgive you if you will not take the chance.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe sailor gave at least a try, the soldier being much too wise,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStrategy was his strength, and not disaster.[/tab]\r\n\r\nHere’s the solo. Sorry, scratch that. Please, will somebody tab the solo?\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe sailor, coming out again, the lady fairly leapt at him.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nThat’s how it stands today. You decide if he was wise.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe storyteller makes no choice. Soon you will not hear his voice.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHis job is to shed light, and not to master.[/tab]\r\n\r\nInterlude (thingy) goes F for a while, Cmaj7 for a while, C7, then:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]C7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince the end is never told, we pay the teller off in gold,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn hopes he will return, but he cannot be bought or sold.[/tab]\r\n\r\nThen:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nInspiration, move me brightly. Light the song with sense and color;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHold away despair, more than this I will not ask.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFaced with mysteries dark and vast,    statements just seem vain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nat last.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome rise, some fall, some climb, to get to terrapin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCounting stars by candlelight, all are dim but one is bright;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe spiral light of Venus, rising first and shining best,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOn, from the northwest corner, of a brand new crescent moon,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile crickets and cicadas sing, a rare and different tune,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTerrapin station.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the shadow of the moon, terrapin station.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I know we’ll be there soon, terrapin…[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI can’t figure out, terrapin, if it’s the end or beginning, terrapin,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the train’s put it’s brakes on, terrapin,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the whistle is screaming, terrapin.[/tab]","plain_text":"Intro: strum F Dm F Dm F so on, the lick sort of just comes naturally…\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSame pattern for the following verses:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere’s the solo. Sorry, scratch that. Please, will somebody tab the solo?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude (thingy) goes F for a while, Cmaj7 for a while, C7, then:\n\n\n\n\nThen:","chords":["F","Dm","G","Am","C","Dm7","C7","E","A","D","F#m","C#m","Bm","B"],"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]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}