{"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":1756288,"song":"Color Him Father","artist":"Linda Martell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11380207-color-him-father-chords-by-linda-martell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1756288?type=chord","rating":4.85445,"votes":17,"content":"The Em is played on the 7th fret as a barre chord\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's a man at my house, he's so big and strong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe goes to work each day, and he stays all day long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe comes home each night looking tired and beat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNever a frown always a smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhen he says to me how's my child[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI said that I've been studying hard all day in school[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTryin' very hard to understand the golden rule[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]     \r\nI think I'll color him father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think I'll color him love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna color him father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think I'll color him love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe says education is a thing to complete[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBecause without it, life just ain't very sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI love this man and I don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nExcept I'll need his strength until the day that I die[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]     \r\nI think I'll color him father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna color him love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI got to color him father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think I'll color him love[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOur real old man he got killed in the war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd momma and seven kids couldn't gotten very far[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe said she thought that she could never love again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd then there he stood with that big wide grin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe married my mother, he took us in[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd now we belong to the man with that big wide grin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]     \r\nI got to color him father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna color him love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI got to color him father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI think I'll color him love[/tab]","plain_text":"The Em is played on the 7th fret as a barre chord\n\n[Intro]\nC  Dm  C  Dm\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","C","Dm","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}