{"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":1074583,"song":"Tommy Jackson","artist":"Randy Rogers Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11237792-tommy-jackson-chords-by-randy-rogers-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1074583?type=chord","rating":4.57101,"votes":12,"content":"Capo 5\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt didn't matter Tommy Jackson was running free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCause the man he killed never mattered much to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere’s talk in our town about where Tommy might run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWondered if it mattered, he has used my gun ss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]||\r\n80 Miles East of the line down on my grand daddy's farm-i[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe laid low just for the night and he slept there in our barn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI watched him steal our Ford and drive away in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  \r\n18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIsn't love a funny thing with a pistol in your hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nClose you eyes and bow your head to pray if you can[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell you sealed your fate when you picked up that shotgun[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\n18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run, on the run[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nFor 15 days Tommy kept his conscience between the lines\r\nHis ex-wife and a cold jail cell were always on his mind\r\nHe ran out of cash at an east-bound truck stop\r\nBut he found work there at Fritz's muffler shop\r\nFritz was a good man and Pamela was his wife\r\n2 kids a nice home and on the surface a good life\r\nBut drunk on Whisky Pam and Tommy had some fun\r\n18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nNow every Sunday morning she goes down to the place where he lays\r\nShe tells Tommy how she never wanted things this way\r\nRest in Peace Tommy Jackson 1981\r\n18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run","plain_text":"Capo 5\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor 15 days Tommy kept his conscience between the lines\nHis ex-wife and a cold jail cell were always on his mind\nHe ran out of cash at an east-bound truck stop\nBut he found work there at Fritz's muffler shop\nFritz was a good man and Pamela was his wife\n2 kids a nice home and on the surface a good life\nBut drunk on Whisky Pam and Tommy had some fun\n18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run\n\nChorus\n\nNow every Sunday morning she goes down to the place where he lays\nShe tells Tommy how she never wanted things this way\nRest in Peace Tommy Jackson 1981\n18 Years of getting older now a dead man on the run","chords":["G","D","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}