{"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":1812232,"song":"The Stairs","artist":"Reba McEntire","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11399555-the-stairs-chords-by-reba-mcentire/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1812232?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Reba McEntire - The Stairs\r\n\r\n\r\n## On behalf of Reba, I dedicate this song to any woman who has    ##\r\n## ever been assaulted by some mean bastard of a husband/boyfriend ##\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe looks at the clock, it's a quarter past nine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe hears his car as he pulls in the drive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDinner's still waiting from hours before[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe knows he's been drinking when he walks through the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn anger he strikes out and she starts to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow much more can she take, how much more can she lie[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she fell down the stairs again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it hasn't happened since she don't know when[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas it in spring when she packed up the kids[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr maybe in winter with his job on the skids[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] \r\nOh, but just like before she'll have to pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat she fell down the stairs again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA short time ago, she started a job[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nServing chicken fried steak and corn on the cob[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe started out shy, but she ended up sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat a ticket to anywhere could be the cure[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he couldn't handle her change for the better[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe tried to leave him, but he wouldn't let her[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe says he's sorry, he didn't mean it[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe swears it won't happen again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she's so confused, she wants to believe it[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm7[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe just wants this nightmare to end[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she fell down the stairs again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it hasn't happened since she don't know when[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas it in spring when she packed up the kids[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr maybe in winter with his job on the skids[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] \r\nOh, but just like before she'll have to pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat she fell down the stairs again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] \r\nJust like before she'll have to pretend[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat she fell down the stairs again[/tab]","plain_text":"Reba McEntire - The Stairs\n\n\n## On behalf of Reba, I dedicate this song to any woman who has    ##\n## ever been assaulted by some mean bastard of a husband/boyfriend ##\n\n\n\n\nINTRO: C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:","chords":["C","Em","Am","F","G","D7","Dm7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"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]}}}