{"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":1906652,"song":"Prodigal Son","artist":"The Killigans","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11428114-prodigal-son-chords-by-the-killigans/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1906652?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\ne|--------5----5-5-5-5-5-5--5----5----5-5-5-5-5--5--|\r\nB|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStaring at a cross of splintered wood[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy sins washed away through Christ’s own blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll my blessings gone, though my mind it wanders on[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGoing home in my memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBetween the years and the miles[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI am broken and down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBless me father, where do I begin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn my hands and my knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI go crawling back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo find absolution within[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Solo 1]\r\ne|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------------2-22------------0-----------------------------------|\r\nD|------0-0h2-4-------4-2--22-2---4---2-0---------------------------|\r\nA|-00-2------------------------------------2-222-2-2-2-2-0-00-0-0-0-|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-3-3-2-0--000-----------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------------2---------------------------------------|\r\nD|----------------4—4/5---4-2-0--------0--000-4-2-2-0-0-|2x\r\nA|------------------------------2--0-2------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEighteen years old, but not yet a man [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith misplaced ideologies [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRecognizing only God as my equal [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeft home and disgraced my family [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a dream in my head and a restless soul [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSensing I would soon be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI took to heart my granddads fables [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey made up the core of my identity [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor eight long years I tramped through the fallout [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOf nuclear society [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe underclass forgotten mass in a nation of revelry [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFare thee well, my old dear friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe road goes ever on, but I am going home [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack to where it all began [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Solo 1]\r\ne|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------------2-22------------0-----------------------------------|\r\nD|------0-0h2-4-------4-2--22-2---4---2-0---------------------------|\r\nA|-00-2------------------------------------2-222-2-2-2-2-0-00-0-0-0-|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-3-3-2-0--000-----------------------------------------|\r\nG|--------------2---------------------------------------|\r\nD|----------------4—4/5---4-2-0--------0--000-4-2-2-0-0-|2x\r\nA|------------------------------2--0-2------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a filthy rundown tenement [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI set out to spread God’s name [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought the word would start the fire [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd my voice would fan the flame [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I soon learned that in this hopelessness [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA great many things went unsaid [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy first lesson was that good intentions [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAren’t gonna keep you warm and fed [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith no recourse I took a job at the packing house [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo one who I could edify [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs my dreams like leaves in autumn [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDisappeared before my eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] 2x\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFare thee well, my old dear friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe road goes ever on, but I am going home [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack to where it all began [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Solo] (first part goes something like this. Guitar is to distorted to figure out the whole thing)\r\ne|-5-5-5-7p5---5-7p5---5-5-5-7p5---5-7p5---5-7p5---5-7-7-5-5-|\r\nB|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|\r\nG|-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|-----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|-----------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------5----------------------5----------|\r\nG|-2/4--4-6-7--6--7---7-6----4--4-6-7--6-7----7-6-----|\r\nD|--------------------------------------------------5-|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|--------7-10--8-7-10-7----8-7---------8--7---8--10--10-10-|\r\nG|-4h7-------------------9------9-7---9------9--------------|\r\nD|------9---------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] 2x\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFare thee well, my old dear friend [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe road goes ever on, but I am going home [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack to where it all began [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack to where it all began[/tab]\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| /  Slide up\r\n| p  Pull-off\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] 2x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n| /  Slide up\n| p  Pull-off\n\n************************************","chords":["D","B","G","A","E","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}