{"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":1761127,"song":"The Old Blind Fiddler","artist":"Johnny Paycheck","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11382253-the-old-blind-fiddler-chords-by-johnny-paycheck/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1761127?type=chord","rating":4.82371,"votes":3,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was just a kid I'd go to town on Saturday[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd on the street I'd listen to the old blind fiddler play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was close to no one though his life was almost gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut to me he was my friend and always played such pretty songs[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPeople dropped their nickels in his cup as they walked by[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSometimes he would play so sad yet I just have to cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen one day I went to town to hear the old man play[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he was gone and someone said the old man passed away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI can still hear him playing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when people stop to listen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G7[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would say God walked beside you all the way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd listen to the old blind fiddler play[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA week or so ago one night I had the strangest dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI dreamed I went to heaven and I heard a million strings[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd standing there I heard the music blow from heaven sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd for the first time in my life I saw the color of his eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd I can still hear them playing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he shook my hand and told me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSon I knew we'd meet again some day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd once again I heard the old blind fiddler pl-a-y[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","F","D7","G7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}