{"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":1480291,"song":"Chillicothe Rain","artist":"Roger Alan Wade","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11268615-chillicothe-rain-chords-by-roger-alan-wade/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1480291?type=chord","rating":4.80451,"votes":8,"content":"One of my favorite tunes from Roger's latest album \"Southbound Train\"\r\n(Chillicothe is the town in Ohio and the location of Chillicothe Federal Prison)\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLow down in Ohio from the day he was born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCharlie hit that hard road, rollin' like a thunder storm[/tab]\r\nTrouble as his shadow, larceny in his blood\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey slapped him in the castle, for lightin' up some peckerwood[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe got eleven twenty-nine the first time, rode it out like a train[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalked down to the bus line through the Chillicothe rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome people stay in hell just because they know the names of the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome lay their soul on the anvil, hand 'em the hammer, that's me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSorry for the trouble, the worry and the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSorry I never had sense enough to get out of the Chillicothe rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe hung around in pool halls, like to never find a job[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFinally started bouncin' for some dude, connected with the Steubenville mob[/tab]\r\nFell hard for a dancer, she took him for a ride\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe coulda cleared him with her answer, she got on the stand and lied[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe got ten years for good behavior, ten years and mark of Cain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe guard hollered \"See ya later\" through the hard Chillicothe rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome people stay in hell just because they know the names of the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome lay their soul on the anvil, hand 'em the hammer, that's me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSorry for the trouble, the worry and the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSorry I never had sense enough to get out of the Chillicothe rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBreak: [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCharlie stayed clear of trouble, for a year he walked that line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTryin' to rebuild from the rubble, set things straight in his mind[/tab]\r\nOne night he got a phone call, said \"mom I'll be right back\"\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe just killed the porch light when she heard sirens down by the tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe score he swore he'd settle got him more than a ball and chain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Cadd9[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGot him the Lord's prayer and Satan's chair in the Chillicothe rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome people stay in hell just because they know the names of the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome lay their soul on the anvil, hand 'em the hammer, that's me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy storm will soon be over when they run lightning through my brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the time you read this I'll be a lily-white mist in the Chillicothe rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the time you read this I'll be a lily-white mist in the Chillicothe rain[/tab]","plain_text":"One of my favorite tunes from Roger's latest album \"Southbound Train\"\n(Chillicothe is the town in Ohio and the location of Chillicothe Federal Prison)\n\n\nIntro: D\n\n\nVerse:\n\n\nTrouble as his shadow, larceny in his blood\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse:\n\n\nFell hard for a dancer, she took him for a ride\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak: Cadd9 Bm A G A D\n\n\nVerse:\n\n\nOne night he got a phone call, said \"mom I'll be right back\"\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:","chords":["D","G","A","Cadd9","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}