Chords with lyrics
Children of Jack - Guy Forsyth
This is my first post - appreciate any constructive feedbck.
I think Guy plays this on Capo 2, but this reflects the absolute chords.
The bulk of the song is simply a G-D/F#-Em-C, and the chorus breaks out with C-C-G-Em-D/F#-G-D/F#.
The fingerpicking pattern goes like this:
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
D/F#D/F#
|----3---3---3----|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|
|----3---3---3----|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|----3---3---3-|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|----------0---|
|----------0------|----------0---|----------0---|------2-------|
|------2----------|------0-------|------2-------|--3-----------|
|--3--------------|--2-----------|--0-----------|--------------|
Intro:
G+G
D/F#D/F# Em7C
G+G
D/F#D/F# Em7C
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
At night when I m out riding
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Along the dark highway
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
I get a feeling inside me
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
To throw all that I have away.
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
And I'll leave all this behind me
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Like that job that I had in the day
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
All the black dressing soul testing lovers and liars
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
And the speeding tickets I never pay
(Interlude, mostly just strumming these chords:)
C majorC
C majorC
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
D/F#D/F#
G+G
D/F#D/F#
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Do you believe in love at first sight
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
As a matter of fact I do
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Every time that I open my eyes
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
That saying comes true
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Cause I see you in the laundromat
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Black Irish washerwoman in a funeral hat
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Italian ballerina on an asphalt stage
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Bleach blond born of a Victorian age
Chorus:
C majorC
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
D/F#D/F#
G+G
D/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
G+G
D/F#D/F#
G+G
as we ride away in the light.
-Solo goes here-
|:
G+G
D/F#D/F# Em7C :| x3
G+G
D/F#D/F#
G+G
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
And if I were to take you by force
G+G D/F#Em
C majorC
And carry you away
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Back to my bedroom
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Just for music to play
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
And I'd play you the songs that I've written
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
And the ones that I can't seem to write
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Maybe you'd know what you're missing
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Maybe you'd stay past the night
Chorus:
C majorC
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
D/F#D/F#
G+G
D/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
G+G
D/F#D/F#
G+G
as we ride away in the light.
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
My father he built me this backpack
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Just an inch or two big for real
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
I'll pack my guitar and the smoke from this bar
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
My songs and one hot meal
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
And I'll ride to the west chasing sunsets like gold
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
At dawn I will ride to the east
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
I'll find all the friends that I've lost on the road
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Maybe then I'll know me some peace
Chorus:
C majorC
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
D/F#D/F#
G+G
D/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
G+G
D/F#D/F#
G+G
as we ride away in the light.
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
There's so much more to this wonderful world
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Then we are sold on TV
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
So tell me if you are not already dead
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
That you'll come and live it with me
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Leave your college plans to your one-night stands
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Your business clothes and the rest
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
There's pleasure enough in your heart and your hands
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Blue jeans suit you best
Chorus:
C majorC
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
D/F#D/F#
G+G
D/F#D/F#
America - where goest thou in thy shiny car at night
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
G+G
D/F#D/F#
G+G
as we ride away in the light.
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minor 7Em7
C majorC
Children of Jack - we will never turn back
G+G
D/F#D/F#
G+G
as we ride away in the light.