The Sound Chords by Mad Dog Mcrea

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm]
He [Gm] _ [Bb] [Cm] strikes his old string [Bb] box in the salt [Cm] treat
_ _ [Bb] Like a million songs before, [Gm] he kicks the red dust from [Cm] the floor
[Bb] He [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] scuffs the wood in his [Bb] fingers, pick [Cm] up pace
[Gm] As [Bb] [Cm] he stretches out [Bb] his scalps with every new [Cm] fade
Like [Bb] a million times before, _ [Gm]
he holds the cloaks [Cm] until the dawn
[Bb] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] Play her [Gm] in the evening [Bb] long and loud
_ _ [Ab] Rest her [Eb] in the morning when [Bb]
she's down
[Ab] Play her [Gm] when your comrades come [Bb] around
_ _ _ [Gm] _ She's the revolution [Cm] rolling on
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm]
Shrill [Eb] wind the fiddle makes [Cm] her cry
[Eb] _ [Bb] _
[Cm] Flourish [Bb] and fable in [Cm] the night
Like [Bb] a million notes before, [Gm] you can hear the [Cm] figure roar
[Bb] Play [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Ab]
her [Eb] in the evening [Bb] long and loud
_ _ [Ab]
Rest her [Eb] in the morning when [Bb] she's down
[Ab] Play her [Eb] when your comrades [Bb] come around
_ _ _ [Gm] _
She's the rhythm, the [Cm] song, the sound
[Bb] A [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] single tone [Bb] of reeds it fills [Cm] the air
With [Gm] _ [Bb] [Cm] shaking sharp, lean [Bb] lips they do [Cm] declare
A _ [Bb] sweet melody before, _ [Gm] _ now the song begins [Cm] to soar
[Gm] Play [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb]
her in the evening [Bb] long and loud
_ [Ab] Rest her [Eb] in the morning when [Bb] she's down
_ [Ab] Play her [Eb] when your comrades [Bb] come around
_ _ [Gm] _
She's the rhythm, [Ab] play her [Eb] in the evening [Bb] long and loud
_ _ [Ab] Rest her [Eb] in the morning when [Bb] she's down
[Ab] Play her when [Eb] your comrades [Bb] come around _
_ _ [Gm] She's the rhythm, _ she's the song, [Cm] the sweetest sound _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _