{"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":1137706,"song":"A Letter From Home","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1137706-a-letter-from-home-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1137706?type=chord","rating":4.65665,"votes":4,"content":"//Capo on 4.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nA cowpoke rode in one hot dusty day [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo a store down in old San Antone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nHe stood at the window and I heard him say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDo I have a letter from home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe postmaster looked through the mail that had come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen smilingly shook his grey head[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cowpoke looked sadly a moment at him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd these are the words that he said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo letter from home, no letter from home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's never a letter from home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nNo message from Mother or none of the others[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's never a letter from home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                              \r\nThat night he was shot on the wrong side of town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo more on those plains will he roam[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI reached for my Bible and gave it to him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd said son here's your letter from home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf only I had just a little more time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTo read it The young cowboy said[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't take it with me and I must go on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he died with his letter unread[/tab]\r\n\r\n//Repeat chorus\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe letter from home, the letter from home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo time for the letter from home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe cowboy lay dead with his letter unread[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nToo late for the letter from home[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"//Capo on 4.\n\n[Intro]\nG  C  G  D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nG  D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n//Repeat chorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  D  G","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}