{"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":1101463,"song":"Tva","artist":"Drive-By Truckers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11244813-tva-chords-by-drive-by-truckers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1101463?type=chord","rating":4.64152,"votes":70,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI grew up two hours north of Birmingham[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe and my daddy used to fish next to Wilson Dam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe told some stories, Camaros and J.W. Dant[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I got a little older, I wouldn't and now Daddy can't[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I thank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere me and my daddy used to bow to the river and pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was 15, me and my girl sat out on the lock[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatchin' the raccoons and terrapins dance on rocks[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe let me put my hand up under her shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanted her to want me so bad, it hurt[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I thank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere me and my baby used to lay around and wait on the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude] (Intro 3 Times, then [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch])\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy granddaddy told me when he was just 7 or so [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis daddy lost work and they didn't have a row to hoe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot too much to eat for 7 boys and 3 girls[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll lived in a tent, a bunch of sharecroppers versus the world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo his momma sat down and wrote a letter to FDR[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen a couple days later, a couple of county men came in a car[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRolled out in the field, told his daddy to put down the plow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he helped build the dam, gave power to most the South[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I thank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God for the TVA[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere Roosevelt let us all work for an honest day's pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThank God for the TVA[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG C D G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] (Intro 3 Times, then D C D G)\nG C D G\nG C D G\nG C D G\nD C D G\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","G/F#","Em"],"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]}}}