{"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":1848205,"song":"This Old Skin","artist":"The Beautiful South","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11409482-this-old-skin-chords-by-the-beautiful-south/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1848205?type=chord","rating":4.72296,"votes":17,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was '96 in South Carolina[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's the place and not the goddamn year[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSittin' on the porch out at Bobby's place[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust tuggin' on a Lukewarm beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd there I was peepin' like an old sidewinder[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJust an inch or so above the mud[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe first to find out that it's rainin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs the last to find out it's a flood[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it was paradise valley Nevada[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNot far from where the west was won[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI am the only black face in the whole damn place[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a raisin' in the blazing sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd there I am like that old sidewinder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJust wishin' that her eggs ain't hatched[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the chain I wear has 'em wishin' for the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen it came with a ball attached[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I'm gonna move,   right outta this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  This old skin, stops weighing me down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n This old skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe was sittin' in the very same spot that Otis[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSat to watch the dock of the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the very same spot, that the ships rolled in[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow there's nothin' but the mud and the clay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna move,   right outta this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n This old skin     is weighing me down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n This old skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOutside Orlando when the sunshine state[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHas just upped itself another degree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI am the very last orange of the whole year's crop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHangin' dearly to the branch of the tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd the wind and the spring couldn't do anything[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSo I'm burnin' in the sun of the south[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat old sidewinder in the dust below[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm just waiting till it opens its mouth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I'm gonna move,   right outta this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n When this old skin,  finally touches the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n This old skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe was sittin' in the very same spot that Otis[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSat to watch the dock of the bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the very same spot, that the ships rolled in[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow there's nothin' but the mud and the clay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, I'm gonna move,   right outta this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n When this old skin,   finally touches the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis old skin    This old skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis old skin      This old skin[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nC Em F G C Em F G\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nC Em F G\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Em","F","G","Dm","Am","Bb"],"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]},"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]}}}