{"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":1739247,"song":"The Winner","artist":"Bobby Bare","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11373121-the-winner-chords-by-bobby-bare/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1739247?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":131,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe hulk of a man with a beer in is hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nLooked like a drunk old fool[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I knew if I hit him right\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhy I could knock him off-a that stool[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut ever'body they said Watch out,\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHey, that's Tiger Man McCool[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's had a whole lot of fights[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he's always come out a winner[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYea!, he's a winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'd had myself about five too many[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I walked up tall and proud[/tab]\r\n\r\nI faced his back and I faced the fact\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat he had never stooped or bowed[/tab]\r\n\r\nI said, Tiger Man, you're a pussycat\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a hush fell on the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said let's you and me go outside and see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho's a winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he gripped the bar with one big hairy hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he braced against the wall[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe slowly looked up from his beer\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nMy God, that man was tall[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe said boy, I see you're a scrapper\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo just before you fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna tell you just a little[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch] \r\n'Bout what it means to be a winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said Now you see these bright white smiling teeth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know they ain't my own[/tab]\r\n\r\nMine rolled away like chiclets\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown the street in San Antone[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut I left that person, cursin'\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNursin' seven broken bones[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he, uh, only broke, uh, three of mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nThat makes me the winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said Now behind this grin, I got steel pins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat holds my jaw in place[/tab]\r\n\r\nA trophy of my most successful\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMotorcycle race[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd each morning when I wake and touch\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThis scar across my face[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nIt reminds me of all I got[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nby being a winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow this broken back was a dying act[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf a handsome Harry Clay[/tab]\r\n\r\nThat sticky Cincinnati night\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stole his wife away[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut that woman she gets uglier\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd she gets meaner every day[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I got her, boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat's what makes me a winner[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChange to ...[D]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said You gotta speak loud when you challenge me son[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause it's hard for me to hear[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith this twisted neck and these migrane pains\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd this big old cauliflower ear[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd if it wasn't for this glass eye of mine\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy, I'd shed a happy tear[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo think of all you're gonna get[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy being a winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got ar-th-rit-ic elbows, son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nI got dislocated knees[/tab]\r\n\r\nFrom pickin' fights with thunderstorms\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd chargin' into trees[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd my nose's been broke so often\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI might lose it if I sneeze[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd son, you say you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nstill wanna be a winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow you remind me a lot of my younger days[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith your knuckles a-clenchin' white[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut boy, I'm gonna sit right here\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd sip this beer all night[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd if there's somethin' that you gotta gain or prove\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nby winnin' some silly fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, OK, I quit, I lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nYou're the winner.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, I stumbled from that barroom[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nNot so tall and not so proud[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd behind me I still hear\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe hoots and laughter of the crowd[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut my eyes still see and my nose still works\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd my teeth are still in my mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you know, I guess that[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nMakes me the winner.[/tab]","plain_text":"And I knew if I hit him right\n\n\nBut ever'body they said Watch out,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI faced his back and I faced the fact\n\n\nI said, Tiger Man, you're a pussycat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHe slowly looked up from his beer\n\n\nHe said boy, I see you're a scrapper\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMine rolled away like chiclets\n\n\nBut I left that person, cursin'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA trophy of my most successful\n\n\nAnd each morning when I wake and touch\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat sticky Cincinnati night\n\n\nBut that woman she gets uglier\n\n\n\n\n\nChange to ...[D]\n\n\n\n\n\nWith this twisted neck and these migrane pains\n\n\nAnd if it wasn't for this glass eye of mine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom pickin' fights with thunderstorms\n\n\nAnd my nose's been broke so often\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut boy, I'm gonna sit right here\n\n\nAnd if there's somethin' that you gotta gain or prove\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd behind me I still hear\n\n\nBut my eyes still see and my nose still works","chords":["C","G","F","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}