{"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":1928237,"song":"Stoney","artist":"Jerry Jeff Walker","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431355-stoney-chords-by-jerry-jeff-walker/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1928237?type=chord","rating":4.64521,"votes":46,"content":"[Intro] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI first ran into Stoney. . . it was a bar downtown;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt was Richmond, Virginia. . . we were bummim’ around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSuitcase to suitcase. . . we started in talkin‘,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFinding out about the things we've shared in the miles we've been[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWell, he had a gray pillowcase full of books by Durrell,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd he had this old concertina, all beat up and she played like hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUntil you got him started singing those Gospel songs,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWell, he drank all night for nothing, he told his stories till dawn.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd he said, \"Come on, get your bag, boy! Sun's up now and it's time to roll![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYeah you know there ain't no better time than early in the mornin’[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo be out walking down that road![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust feeling another day beginnin’, whilst all the fools is rushin’ on by,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe'll be like some Mr. Independence: we're taking our own sweet time!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWe walked on out that highway under a clear blue sky,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI was listenin’ to the tales he told, drinking warm red wine.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Bout a night he rolled seven; bout some girl he'd done wrong;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n'Bout everything he could think of while we walked along.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYeah, ol' Stoney had a magic; made him hard to forget.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLike the night we flew down the highway his old pickup, it nearly wrecked![/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a crazy woman driving, all drunked up and carrying on;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTill Stoney finally calmed her singing those Gospel songs.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWell, we split the road at Norwood, and he just shook my hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I'll see you some place, friend,\" but you know he never has.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut we were that free then, just walking down the road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nNever really caring where that highway goes.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYeah, Stoney was a liar and a bullshitter, ain't no doubt about it.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIt was just the way he told things, that you never want to doubt him.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause he kept you going when the road got rough,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd brought you through the lean times by making it up.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n\"Hey, did I ever tell you the time I married my cousin up in Las Vegas?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, Stoney. Tell it again…[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro] G Em Am D7 (2x)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["G","Em","Am","D7","C","D"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}