View Guitar Chords for Spirit of 76 acoustic - chords ver. 1
Tuning:Eb Chords are appregiated throughout. INTRO: G C e|-------------0------------------------0----------------------------------| B|--------3-------3------3---------3-------3-----3-------------------------| G|-----0----0------------------0------0------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------3----------------3-----------------------------| E|--3---------------3------------------------------------------------------|Well I Gfind myself in reveCrie, 'bout what we mGight have had And what Cmight have been GWe had something going Conce That was such a Dlong, long time ago It was Gway back in '7C6 our Gfriendship formed of Cpure innocence GWe first met on Mathew CStreet And we heard Dsomething that would set us free EmA sign stands over aG door, it says "Four ladsD who shook the world"AmIn the depths of those hCeady nights wEme would dream of Cthose bright lights DOh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friendGSomewhG/F#ere tonigCadd9ht out on the sEm7treet GSomewG/F#here beneath Cadd9this city'Ds hEm7eat Cadd4 D Em In the eyes of strangers who pass me by GLife is crCadd9uel and soD unkEmind OCh, Oh the SPIRIT OF '76And my friend John, he went away and he made some mistakes Spent time in Walton jail And now when I see him we still talk but there's no light shining in his eyes And Susie, she was 17 and more beauty in this world I swear you'll never see I was gonna be king and she was gonna be queen But now all she does is hide behind the tears If there was more sense in this world and work wasn't so hard to find You would not be going your way, I would not be going mine Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend G G/F#EmMersey lights Cshine in the distance Dsame as they did for us Emthen EmMersey lights shine Cbright in the distance Dwhere are you now my fEmriend' You see Gsome nights when I can'tC sleep, I still Dthink of you AmOf all the promises, all the dreams weG shared AI know those lights still Gcall to you CI can hear them now, CI can hear them noGwAnd now me, I've seen my dreams come true But that don't make me no hero I'm just one of the lucky few If a man can't change the world these days I still believe a man can change his own destiny But the price is high that has got to be paid For everyone who survives there are many who fail Seen my friends caught out in that crossfire All their dreams and hopes smashed on the funeral pyre I will never give in until the day that I die I get myself some independence Carve out a future with these two bare hands Oh my friend, Oh my friend, Oh my friend