{"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":1499275,"song":"When Good Ol Boys Go Bad","artist":"Travis Tritt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11275437-when-good-ol-boys-go-bad-chords-by-travis-tritt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1499275?type=chord","rating":4.48263,"votes":11,"content":"Standard Tuning\r\n\r\n(Verse 1)\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOl' Clarence was a corn-fed Sunday School teacher at the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCheap hill church of Christ [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA god-fearin', fence-clearin', hay-slingin', hymn-singin' [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBack breaker all o' his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCame in early one night [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfound his pretty wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nin the arms of another man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]        \r\nThere hell to pay when a good ol' boy goes bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Verse 2)\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a smoke-filled late night club by the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nsat a stranger dealin' five card stud[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was a big-talkin' fast-walkin' fly by nighter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThere to take their money and run[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey caught the fella' cheatin' so they set him up a meetin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith his maker in the promise land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody sees a thing when a good ol' boy goes bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe good book goes out the window [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen the gloves go to the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis give a damn to be a righteous man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDon't give a damn no more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnder that blue collar [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nis a big ol' long red path[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat hides the truth but it bleeds through[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen a good ol' boy goes bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Verse 3)\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow old man Taylor was a fourth generation [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCrop growin' son of a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne dry summer Uncle Sam come a runnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWantin' money but there wasn't none[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe put a crop in the holler, when night came he watered[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nby fall he had the cold, hard cash[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen times get hard sometimes a good ol' boy goes bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe good book goes out the window [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen the gloves go to the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis give a damn to be a righteous man[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDon't give a damn no more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUnder that blue collar [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nis a big ol' long red path[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat hides the truth but it bleeds through[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen a good ol' boy goes bad[/tab]\r\n(Repeat chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt hides the truth but it bleeds through[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen a good ol' boy goes bad[/tab]","plain_text":"Standard Tuning\n\n(Verse 1)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 2)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 3)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat chorus)","chords":["E","G","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}