{"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":1799447,"song":"Small Town On The River","artist":"Bill Morrissey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11396052-small-town-on-the-river-chords-by-bill-morrissey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1799447?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Capo 2nd fret\r\n\r\nIntro: \r\n[ch]C/G[/ch] - [ch]F/C[/ch] (open 1st string)                             \r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThey used to come to town from the Naval base[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nLooking for a stiff drink and a pretty face[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                         [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nHang around the whore houses all night long[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch] \r\nWell some were drifters and some were bums[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nSome just waited for the war to come [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F/C[/ch]                  [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nOut behind the factory with a bottle and a factory girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nIn that small town on the river, just a small town on the river[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                                      [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nWell that December war broke out, many a woman lost her man[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                                            [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nSome wrote from overseas, some didn’t and their women didn’t understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]                                        [ch]F/C[/ch]           \r\nAnd the whores left for the harbor towns where the business was still good[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F/C[/ch]               [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd the factory girls put in double shifts, worked as much time as they could[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nIn that small town on the river, just a small town on the river[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                           [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nWell some men came home aces, some were carried home[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                        [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nAll of them were heroes, no man was left alone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                                       [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nSome took jobs, some went to school, some found they’d fathered kids[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]              [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]                \r\nSome men tried, but could not forget, some wound up on the skids[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]  \r\nIn that small town on the river, just a small town on the river[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                        [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nWell forty years later the town remains the same [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C/G[/ch]                \r\nOne mill burnt down, another one was built [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nThe paychecks now come from a different name [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                                     [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nAnd at the Eagles and the Legion halls, no one seems to age [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C/G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]                 [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]       \r\nWith the same jokes told and the TV on; the paper open to the sports page [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nIn that small town on the river, just a small town on the river[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]C/G[/ch]                              [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nAnd I was talking with the bartender last night at the PAC[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                                  [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nA Navy man from World War II, sharp dresser though he don’t have to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C/G[/ch]                                   [ch]F/C[/ch] \r\nAnd over a double bourbon, he said “I’ll tell ya man to man”[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C/G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F/C[/ch]               [ch]G7sus4[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n“Well this town died forty years ago, son; get out while you can”[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]                        [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]F/C[/ch]\r\nIt’s just a small town on the river, we’re nothing but a small town on the river[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C/G[/ch]                [ch]F/C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]   \r\nWe’re nothing but a small town on the river[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2nd fret\n\nIntro: \nC/G - F/C (open 1st string)","chords":["C/G","F/C","Am","G7sus4","G7","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}