{"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":1850918,"song":"Errols Song","artist":"Adam Carroll","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11410272-errols-song-chords-by-adam-carroll/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1850918?type=chord","rating":4.65228,"votes":12,"content":"Errol's Song\r\nAdam Carroll\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMr. Errol he lives on the banks of Lake Arthur[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWhere your windshield gets foggy, where your back roads [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nunwind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt’s a long way from Shreveport, not too far from Gueydan[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s close to the home that I left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYah it’s close to the home that I left behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMr. Errol’s a father, he’s a farmer, he’s a hunter[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he talks to the ducks and the geese in the blind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe works hard for the lives that he helps to make better[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he lives by the graveyard of the rusted combines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he held my hand when my boots got too heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the mud from the rice fields coming to my behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe set out the decoys in the dark on the levy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we walked through the graveyard of the rusted combines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere’s coffee and biscuits on the stove in the kitchen[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere’s a crack in the ceiling and a screened in front door[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd as the fog starts to settle on the banks of Lake Arthur[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can still taste the whiskey from the night just before[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt’s the Crown Royal whiskey from the night just before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s hard to get up at five in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPut your guns, put your shells, put your wine in a sack[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe look like some militia in our boots and our camo[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a bird dog named Milo, he’s asleep in the back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe held my hand when my boots got too heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the mud from the rice fields coming to my behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe set out the decoys in the dark on the levy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we walked through the graveyard of the rusted combines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe combine’s a monster, combine’s a saviour[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLooking down at the blades I can see heaven and hell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCold steel cut the rice crops for acres and acres[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFilled how many barrels? Man I cannot tell[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFilled how many dryers? Man I cannot tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nFrom the banks of Lake Arthur to the Mermitah River[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere’s water as far as your good eyes can see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the Lake Arthur bar all the old men get rowdy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey got bottles of whiskey that are older than me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe held my hand when my boots got too heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the mud from the rice fields coming to my behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe set out the decoys in the dark on the levy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we walked through the graveyard of the rusted combines[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I dream of a girl in a pickup[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith her window rolled down and her radio on[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you look at the cypress on the Highway 190[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you give her away and you sing Jole Blon[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you give her away and you sing Jole Blon[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Mr. Errol’s a good friend he never a stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I come back it seems like I’ve always been here[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere’s a sign in his kitchen it’s written in French[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“If you run out of Schlitz, you’ve run out of beer”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe held my hand when my boots got too heavy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the mud from the rice fields coming to my behind[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe set out the decoys in the dark on the levy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we walked through the graveyard of the rusted combines [/tab]","plain_text":"Errol's Song\nAdam Carroll","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}