{"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":1902507,"song":"The Git Go","artist":"Billy Joe Shaver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11426375-the-git-go-chords-by-billy-joe-shaver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1902507?type=chord","rating":4.92009,"votes":22,"content":"\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLord it's always been that way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWoman shined the apple, and the man had to take a bite[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnything that good, God knows, just had to be right[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]        \r\nWell they woke up naked with a big headache[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe been done in by a slippery snake[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\na man and a woman get to live a while and then they die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLord it's always been that way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPoliticians make promises that they can't keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                                            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey keep printin' money ‘till they get in way too deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nIt's the same old lesson, they never learn,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey're too busy workin' on their next term[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nPoliticians keep makin' fools out of you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLord it's always been that way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMoney breeds war, as long as there's a man alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nRich kids go to college, and the poor kids fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nHigh-rollers crap out ev'ry time,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nroll a soldier's bones like loaded dice[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWar is the beast that makes ev'ry mother cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLord it's always been that way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe told the truth, and they hung him up to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThe son of God who created you and I[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nHe said it in the Good Book and letters in red[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut we keep on forgettin' ev'ry thing He said[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJesus Christ hung on the cross for you and I[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLord it's always been that way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's been that way since the git go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLord it's always been that way[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","Am","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}