{"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":1733198,"song":"A Long Way From Montana","artist":"Red Steagall","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11370587-a-long-way-from-montana-chords-by-red-steagall/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1733198?type=chord","rating":4.83093,"votes":3,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA long way it is from Montana[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo west Texas whether by hoof or by rail[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA long way it is from Alzada[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo innocence lost somewhere out on the trail[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMy heart is lonesome and longing [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nMy comrades are gone on the first morning train[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd my heart hears a boyhood hymn calling[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom a church down the valley comes this old refrain[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSoftly and tenderly Jesus is calling[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nCalling for you and for me [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee on the portals He's waiting and watching[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWatching for you and for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nToo many autumns I've watched 'em[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBoard trains with their plunder all headed for home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd too many autumns I've stayed here[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo snap out the new ones 'fore winter comes on[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I wonder who's waiting for them[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA sweetheart a lover a young wife with babe[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I know who's waiting for me[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA mother and father who's hair has turned to gray[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCome home come home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWanderin' cowboy come home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEarnestly tenderly I hear them calling[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy son it's time to come home[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've lingered long in this country[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nFrom high thunder basin to where rim lands start[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I've lingered too long a sinner [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's time that I pack up and follow my heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA long way it is from Alzada[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo a little sod house on the west Texas plains[/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA long way it is from Montana [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'm going home on the next southbound train[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA long way it is from Montana[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","Em","F","A","D7","G7","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}