{"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":1055137,"song":"Barbed Wire Halo","artist":"Aaron Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11233587-barbed-wire-halo-chords-by-aaron-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1055137?type=chord","rating":4.85962,"votes":46,"content":"Standard tuning\r\nCapo on 2nd Fret\r\n[tab][ch]Cm9[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nWell God bless Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Cm9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Deacon Shackleford[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cm9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe read the bible seven times[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Cm9[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he believed every word[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Cm9[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Cm9[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat ol' beat up leather book had been through it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Cm9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe sat on the back pew so he could chew him a chaw[/tab]\r\nSingin'\r\n[tab]   [ch]Cm9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Amazing Grace[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cm9[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow sweet the sound\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm9[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Cm9[/ch]\r\nThat saved a wrech like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm9[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cm9[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe carried candy for the kids in his Sunday dress coat[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cm9[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd take me fishin' after church[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Cm9[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd taught me things I needed to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm9[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo, Deacon didn't have a family[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Cm9[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord knows he wished he did[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Cm9[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe told the whole congregation that I was his grandkid[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd today he joined up with Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWearing shiny pearl snaps[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe sang a few gospel hymns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then the soldier played taps[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bet he's walkin' with Pete down the street paved with gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] (let ring out)\r\nShowin' off his brand spanking new wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd his barbed wire halo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nHe married sweet Emma Grace before the war was through\r\nShe held his right arm next to his anchor tatoo\r\nHe was on a ship off at sea when she died in child birth\r\nHe lost his whole world from the far side of the earth\r\nHe lost the will to love\r\nHe lost the will to live\r\nUntil he met a man who taught him to forgive\r\nYeah life took him to hell and back\r\nTo hell and back a time or two\r\nBut in the end he beat the devil until he was black and blue\r\nSingin'\r\n\"I once was lost\r\nBut now I'm found\r\nWas blind\r\nBut now I see\"\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm9[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Cm9[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore he went he made me promise him that I wouldn't cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Cm9[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Cm9[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd though I told him that I wouldn't you know I couldn't help but lie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause today he joined up with Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWearing shiny pearl snaps[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe sang a few gospel hymns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd then the soldier played taps[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI bet he's walking with Pete down the street paved with gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAs sure as the old church bell still rings[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe always said he had country in his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch] (let ring out)\r\nHe's showing off his brand spanking new wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd his barbed wire halo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Cm9[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Cm9[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSweet chariots coming forth to carry me home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm9[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Cm9[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Cm9[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Cm9[/ch]\r\nSwing low sweet chariots coming forth to carry me home[/tab]","plain_text":"Standard tuning\nCapo on 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSingin'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe married sweet Emma Grace before the war was through\nShe held his right arm next to his anchor tatoo\nHe was on a ship off at sea when she died in child birth\nHe lost his whole world from the far side of the earth\nHe lost the will to love\nHe lost the will to live\nUntil he met a man who taught him to forgive\nYeah life took him to hell and back\nTo hell and back a time or two\nBut in the end he beat the devil until he was black and blue\nSingin'\n\"I once was lost\nBut now I'm found\nWas blind\nBut now I see\"\n\n(Chorus)","chords":["Cm9","G","D","Am","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}