{"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":1878130,"song":"Christmas In Washington","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11421390-christmas-in-washington-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1878130?type=chord","rating":4.59417,"votes":52,"content":"\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nIt's Christmastime in Washington[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Democrats rehearsed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch] \r\nGettin' into gear for four more years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThings not gettin' worse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe Republicans drink whiskey neat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd thanked their lucky stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey said, 'He cannot seek another term[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey'll be no more fdrs'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI sat home in Tennessee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nStaring at the screen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch] \r\nWith an uneasy feeling in my chest[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm wonderin' what it means[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo come back Woody Guthrie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome back to us now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nTear your eyes from paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd rise again somehow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you run into Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nMaybe he can help you out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCome back Woody Guthrie to us now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI followed in your footsteps once[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBack in my travelin' days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch] \r\nSomewhere I failed to find your trail[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I'm stumblin' through the haze[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut there's killers on the highway now\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd a man can't get around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo I sold my soul for wheels that roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow I'm stuck here in this town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo come back Woody Guthrie [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome back to us now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nTear your eyes for paradise [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd rise again some how [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you run into Jesus [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMaybe he can help,you out[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCome back Woody Guthrie to us now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere's foxes in the hen house[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCows out in the corn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThe unions have been busted[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTheir proud red banners torn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo listen to the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'd think that all was well[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBut you and me and Cisco know[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's going straight to hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] \r\nSo come back, Emma Goldman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nRise up, old Joe Hill[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch] \r\nThe barracades are goin' up[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey cannot break our will[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCome back to us, Malcolm X[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Martin Luther King[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe're marching into Selma[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs the bells of freedom ring[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch] \r\nSo come back Woody Guthrie [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome back to us now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nTear your eyes for paradise [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd rise again some how[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBut there's killers on the highway now\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}