{"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":1687490,"song":"A Song For Robert Johnson","artist":"Melanie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11353772-a-song-for-robert-johnson-chords-by-melanie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1687490?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Melanie Safka - A Song For Robert Johnson\r\n \r\n \r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n \r\n \r\nINTRO: [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n \r\n     \r\nUp on north to Detroit\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSouth down Fifty-one to Memphis[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA pistol in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere's many a good man hidin' in the shadows[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust waitin' to give that boy six feet of land[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n'Little Robert Dusty'\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's been stealin' hearts so easily[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou should hear him when he sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDouble dealing at the crossroads[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHim and his guitar, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomething's been playin' them[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFeeling, down in the fingertips[/tab]\r\n \r\nBold good feeling, woah, oh\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike you could die for it[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that whistles[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the strong, strong heart beatin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the stretched out wings[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Passion be a memory\", she says[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLookin' at the sheets where he used to lie with her[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHoldin' a picture, she's livin' again[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThings she felt when he played for her[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n'Little Robert Dusty'\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's been stealin' hearts so easily[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou should hear him when he sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDouble dealing at the crossroads[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHim and his guitar, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomething's been playin' them[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFeeling, down in the fingertips[/tab]\r\n \r\nBold good feeling, woah, oh\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike you could die for it[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that whistles[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the strong, strong heart beatin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the stretched out wings that he made[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWon't so easily, won't so easily fade[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe talk is, he still comes around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHey, from Mississippi when your road is dark as night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhen nothing else gets to your sadness[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe's pickin' up his guitar and he's feeling it right[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n'Little Robert Dusty'\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they stole his heart so easily[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was singin', \"All my love in vain\"[/tab]\r\n                           \r\nKillin' at the crossroads\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut him and his guitar, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomething's still playin' them[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:   (## fade to end ##)\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFeeling, down in the fingertips[/tab]\r\n \r\nBold good feeling, woah, oh\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike you could die for it[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that whistles[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that sings[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the strong, strong heart beatin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]     \r\nAnd the stretched out wings  he made[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown in the fingertips[/tab]\r\n \r\nBold good, bold good feeling, woah, oh\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike you could die for it[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that whistles[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the bird that sings[/tab]","plain_text":"Melanie Safka - A Song For Robert Johnson\n \n \nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n \n \nINTRO: Am  Em  D  C    Am  Em  D  C    Am\n \n     \nUp on north to Detroit\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n'Little Robert Dusty'\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n \nBold good feeling, woah, oh\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n'Little Robert Dusty'\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n \nBold good feeling, woah, oh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n'Little Robert Dusty'\n\n\n                           \nKillin' at the crossroads\n\n\n \n \nCHORUS:   (## fade to end ##)\n\n \nBold good feeling, woah, oh\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nBold good, bold good feeling, woah, oh","chords":["A","Am","Em","D","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}