{"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":1731223,"song":"Dear Judge","artist":"Ernest Tubb","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369613-dear-judge-chords-by-ernest-tubb/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1731223?type=chord","rating":0.14945,"votes":0,"content":"Track 2 of 11 on the album \"A Good Year For The Wine\" (1970)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe divorce had been granted and my wife was seeking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe custody of our only son[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as our boy told his story, we both started crying[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I realized the harm we had done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Your Honor, I'm seven and home was a heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMy dad was a king in my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy mother, an angel who guided my footsteps[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd home was my one paradise\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"But I love them both and I can't choose just one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nDear judge, can't you make them see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat Mom without Daddy or Dad without Mommy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould only mean heartbreak to me?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Judge, I'm so broken-hearted, my parents have parted[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd gone are the dreams I once had[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo me, there's no other can be like my mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nAnd I still want to be with my dad\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"For I love them both and I can't choose just one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nDear judge, can't you make them see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat Mom without Daddy or Dad without Mommy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould only bring heartaches to me?\"[/tab]","plain_text":"Track 2 of 11 on the album \"A Good Year For The Wine\" (1970)\n\n\n[Intro]\nG  D7  G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG  D7  G\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","G","D7","G7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}