{"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":1831248,"song":"Rockin Chair","artist":"Jerry Jeff Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11404475-rockin-chair-chords-by-jerry-jeff-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1831248?type=chord","rating":4.85311,"votes":13,"content":"Rockin' Chair\r\n\r\nLyrics by Rick Cardwell\r\nAs performed by Jerry Jeff Walker live from Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop, Austin, TX\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's an old rockin' chair spreading memories everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOn that old home porch across from Tipple's store.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou can see where the wood is worn, where my granddaddy rested his arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs he rocked me in that rockin' chair that don't rock no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was born in a broken home, I was blinded by things gone wrong.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHad no vision of what the future held in store.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch] \r\nJust a baby barely three, when my granddaddy came for me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch] \r\nTo rock me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf that old rockin' chair could read, the thoughts from people's mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]B7[/ch]  \r\nOh the stories it could tell time after time.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStories others never hear, of the thoughts one holds so dear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh how I wish I coulda read my grandpa's mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGranddaddy lived the Christian way, truth and goodness he portrayed.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nHe loved to gather his thoughts as he rocked on the hardwood floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAnd while he’s sit and rock, he paid no mind to the time on the clock.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd rocked me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf that old rockin' chair could read, the thoughts from people's mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]B7[/ch]  \r\nOh the stories it could tell time after time.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStories others never hear, of the thoughts one holds so dear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh how I wish I coulda read my grandpa's mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs he rocked me in the rockin' chair that don't rock no more, don’t rock no more.[/tab]","plain_text":"Rockin' Chair\n\nLyrics by Rick Cardwell\nAs performed by Jerry Jeff Walker live from Dixie’s Bar & Bus Stop, Austin, TX\n\n\n[Verse]\n\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\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B7","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}