{"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":1475285,"song":"Keeper","artist":"Shovels & Rope","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11266572-keeper-chords-by-shovels-rope/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1475285?type=chord","rating":4.8094,"votes":21,"content":"Fairly straightforward. Play with barre chords and listen for the slides. \r\nMT does some fancy stuff when they play it live, but this will get you started.\r\n\r\n\"Keeper\"\r\nby Shovels and Rope\r\nO' Be Joyful\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLu lives by the river and she's got herself a good good man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSpends half the year off shore in lower Alabam[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHer friends say she should leave him and come join them in the west coast sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut she knows she's got a keeper and they'll never really understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nun-der-sta-aa-and[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe puts a line in the water when the sun comes up, starts drinkin' when it's goin' down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDancin' all alone to the radio till her man comes back around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe might go down to Pensacola, maybe lay out on the ol' gulf shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut she don't go to bars at home without him anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe don't care about what they say, she don't listen anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the roughneck rounders playing cards around a TV set[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWaitin' around for somethin'[ that hadn't happened yet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJokin' with a dancer she says, \"I can help you to forget\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut he knows he's got a keeper so he smiles and lights a cigarette[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd tips his haa-aa-aat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe puts his head on the pillow when the sun comes up, starts workin' when it's going down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMelting hot steel down in Bienville, just waiting on a turnaround[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe starts thinkin' about Pensacola, he could be fishin' on the ol' gulf shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut he don't like to do those things without her anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe don't care about what they say, he never listened anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]                         \r\nThey put their lines in the water when the sun comes up, start drinkin' when it's going down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDancing real slow to the radio cause her man's come back around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey might go down to Pensacola, do a little fishin' on the ol' gulf shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey don't like to stay out all night the way they did before[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey don't care about what they say, she never listens anyway[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"Fairly straightforward. Play with barre chords and listen for the slides. \nMT does some fancy stuff when they play it live, but this will get you started.\n\n\"Keeper\"\nby Shovels and Rope\nO' Be Joyful\n\nA D A D A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA D A D A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA D A\nA D A\nA G# F#m G# A\nD A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA D A D A","chords":["A","D","G#","F#m","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}