{"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":1093299,"song":"My Country","artist":"Randy Newman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11242661-my-country-chords-by-randy-newman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1093299?type=chord","rating":4.86787,"votes":9,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet's go back to yesterday, when a phone call cost a dime.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nin New Orleans, just a nickel.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTurn back the hands of time.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTurn back the hands of time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPicture a room with a window, a sofa and some chairs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\na television turned on for the night.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPicture a woman, two children seated, a man lying there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntheir faces softly glowing in the light.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is my country, these are my people.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is the world I understand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is my country, these are my people.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I know 'em like the back of my own hand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf we had something to say we'd bounce it off the screen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe were watching and we couldn't look away.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe all know what we look like, you know what I mean?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe wouldn't have had it any other way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe got comedy, tragedy. Ev'rything from A to B,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwatching other people living, seeing other people play.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHaving other people's voices fill our minds.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank you, Jesus.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFeelings might go unexpressed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI think that's prob'ly for the best.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nDig too deep, who knows what you will find.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is my country, those were my people.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTheir's was the world I understand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPicture a room, no window, a door that leads outside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\na man lying on a blanket on the floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPicture his three grown boys behind him, bouncing words off a screen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nof a television big as all outdoors.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow your children are your children, even when they're grown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they speak to you, you got to listen to what they have to say.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut they all live alone now, they have TVs of their own[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut they keep on coming over anyway.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd much as I love them, I'm always kind of glad when they go away.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is my country, these are my people.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is the world I understand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is my country, these are my people.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I know 'em like the back of my own hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know 'em like the back of my own hand.[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","Am","F","G","Csus4","Bb","E","A","B","Dm","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}