{"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":1751879,"song":"Fireline Road","artist":"James McMurtry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11378506-fireline-road-chords-by-james-mcmurtry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1751879?type=chord","rating":4.58185,"votes":11,"content":"Fireline Road\r\nJames McMurtry\r\n\r\nIntro [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] \r\nMy name is Alice Walker, they never told me why [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  \r\nI’m not named for anybody; it’s a name out of the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey thought it was pretty I guess, way back when[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI’ll change it someday. I like to pretend, [/tab]\r\nI’m Just a visitor here, like on one of those shows,\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a house full of people I don’t hardly know But we'll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nall get to home in a week or so [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBack to real life [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I’m picking up the carpet in the corner where I crash [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI’m too tired to separate the pennies from the trash[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]   \r\nAnd I don’t guess it matters even why Jesus died [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI can tell you about sins [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe got this duplex up on Fire Line Road[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIt’s way out from town, so the rent’s pretty low, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nNot much more than a cinder block cell, just like the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\none next door, and the next one as well [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the bus don’t run out here but three times a day [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe 7-11, it’s a full mile away [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there’s a car in the yard, mostly rust and dents [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe moved here in it, but it hasn’t run since[/tab]\r\n \r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nForget my name, can you forget my face [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGonna lose myself in some finer place [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFiner Places, where I’ll go [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’ll leave no trace out on Fire Line Road [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd there’s a pile of daddy’s quick-picks scattered on the [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfloor among the half empty bottles, a chair against the door [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn case he comes home drinkin’, with lovin on his mind [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI’d never let it happen, but that don’t stop him tryin’ [/tab]\r\nMy sister weren’t so lucky, he got to her too soon \r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe never saw it coming, he knew just what to do [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nto keep her silent. I swear to god I’ll kill him if I can [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsaid she made him do it, after all he’s just a man [/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nForget my name, can you forget my face [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGonna lose myself in some finer place [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFiner Places, where I’ll go [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’ll leave no trace out on Fire Line Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInstrumental (chorus chords played with a glass slide \r\nsomewhere past the 12th fret) \r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow she snorts that crank, and stares at the phone [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe ain’t big as a minute, just skin on bone [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe bites her nails right down to the quick [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they’ve taken her babies, and they won’t give them back [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I know she loves them and God knows she tries, [/tab]\r\nBut when you’re that far down you’re just going to get high \r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt’s like eating or breathing to the rest of us [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe can’t even feel bad without the stuff [/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nForget my name, can you forget my face [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGonna lose myself in some finer place [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFiner Places, where I’ll go [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’ll leave no trace out on Fire Line Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy name is Alice Walker, they never told me why[/tab]","plain_text":"Fireline Road\nJames McMurtry\n\nIntro Am\n\n\n\n\n\nI’m Just a visitor here, like on one of those shows,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMy sister weren’t so lucky, he got to her too soon \n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental (chorus chords played with a glass slide \nsomewhere past the 12th fret) \nG Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am G Am F\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut when you’re that far down you’re just going to get high \n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["Am","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}