{"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":1516033,"song":"Born With The Blues","artist":"George Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11280717-born-with-the-blues-chords-by-george-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1516033?type=chord","rating":4.89963,"votes":18,"content":"Born With The Blues\r\nBy: Merle Haggard and George Jones\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDad was my hero  God called him away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nMomma was lonely  and I was afraid[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith no one to lean on  I turned to the booze[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard times come early  when you’re born with the blues[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRailroads were leaving  and airplanes were in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe great war was brewing  about to begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHungry and lonesome  nothing to lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRaised in a boxcar  and born with the blues[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBorn with the blues  trouble in mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSmoking and drinking  by the time I was nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn debt from the start  I’m still paying my dues[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCrazy and lonely  and born with the blues[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab]                                            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn spite of the cocaine  and in spite of it all[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGod gave me a woman  to cushion the fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou’re like Paul of the bible  spreading good news[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA man on a journey  and born with the blues[/tab]","plain_text":"Born With The Blues\nBy: Merle Haggard and George Jones","chords":["C","F","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}