{"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":1727555,"song":"Billy Jack Washburn","artist":"Johnny Paycheck","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11368006-billy-jack-washburn-chords-by-johnny-paycheck/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1727555?type=chord","rating":0.03237,"votes":0,"content":"Verse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom Maine to San Francisco, for years, I rode the rails[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCoast to coast, and border to border, I've been in about every jail [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne night around the Golden Gate, I caught a freight, and layin' in the bottom of the boxcar was a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNamed Billy Jack Washburn [/tab]\r\n\r\n                                                                   \r\nThrough the rain and the wind the train was flyin', I knew the man was layin' there dyin' \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had to try and save a man, with nothin' but my two bare hands and I did[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nHe was just a kid \r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow me and Billy Jack, we laid around a few hobo camps for awhile [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'Til Billy Jack got his strength back, and the sunshine gave him back his smile [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe decided we would leave, and head on down to New Orleans, and we did[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nMe and the kid \r\n\r\n\r\nBut things weren't like they were before, I never had a friend jumpin' from the door\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI treated him like I was his dad, and gave him everything I had, which was nothin' [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust the love for a friend, and a friend he was, 'til I lost him[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge: \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBilly Jack Washburn was his name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI lost him down around Jacksonville, when he fell from the train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI rolled off, and I hit the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI picked his body up and carried him all the way back to town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was a friend of mine [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3: \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow here I am, in Macon, Georgia, to help lay Billy Jack in the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd by the way, Macon, Georgia, is my hometown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I picked his billfold up, I saw a picture of his mama and her name[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nAnd I cried like a baby\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cuz his mama, and my mama were the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                                  [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                \r\nWell I haven't been home in twenty-six years, and when I do come home, it has to be like this[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes old lady fate, she deals a terrible kiss [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBridge 2: \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBilly Jack Washburn was his so-called name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI lost him down around Jacksonville, when he fell from the train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I lost more than a friend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll never see my brother again[/tab]","plain_text":"Verse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                   \nThrough the rain and the wind the train was flyin', I knew the man was layin' there dyin' \n\n\n\n\nHe was just a kid \n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMe and the kid \n\n\nBut things weren't like they were before, I never had a friend jumpin' from the door\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd I cried like a baby\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBridge 2:","chords":["E","A","C","G","D","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]},"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]},"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]}}}