{"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":1726370,"song":"Rough On The Living","artist":"Bobby Bare","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11367522-rough-on-the-living-chords-by-bobby-bare/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1726370?type=chord","rating":4.64991,"votes":4,"content":"Rough On The Living\r\nRecorded by Bobby Bare\r\nWritten by Shel Silverstein\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis picture was in all the papers[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey said that a legend had passed\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe late evening news did a special report[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd swore that his memory would last[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThey're playing his records all weekend\r\n[tab]             [ch]C7[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPraising the life that he lived[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNashville is rough on the living[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she really speaks well of the dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe wife that they interviewed cried[/tab]\r\n\r\nIs the same one who left him last fall\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the record producer who called him a hero[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs the one who wouldn't answer his calls[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nThe ladies they sit over coffee\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBragging bout sharing his bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey didn't want him around when he's living[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G7[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he's sure a good friend when he's dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey observed twenty seconds of silence[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt the Opry on Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they're searching the bars and the basements[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nFor some souvenir of his life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey're planning a book for September[/tab]\r\n\r\nShowing his plain country roots\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAny they're selling the rights to the movie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the Hall of Fame's getting his boots[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAt the funeral somebody recited a poem\r\n[tab]              [ch]C7[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat told how he suffered and bled[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNashville is rough on the living[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she really speaks well of the dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah Nashville is rough on the living[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she really speaks well of the dead[/tab]","plain_text":"Rough On The Living\nRecorded by Bobby Bare\nWritten by Shel Silverstein\n\n\n\nThey said that a legend had passed\n\n\n\n\nThey're playing his records all weekend\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIs the same one who left him last fall\n\n\n\n\nThe ladies they sit over coffee\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShowing his plain country roots\n\n\n\n\nAt the funeral somebody recited a poem","chords":["C","G7","F","C7","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}