{"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":1966091,"song":"Route 23","artist":"Chatham County Line","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11439699-route-23-chords-by-chatham-county-line/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1966091?type=chord","rating":4.35099,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I spent my whole life since I was high as a knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy that two-lane blacktop they call Route 23[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy daddy ran a service station[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the pumps they did shine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd watch him wash the windshields, keep the old look to that mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell the days they were long, but the money was good[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe only things that changed were the seasons and the shapes of the hoods[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Til the government came on the radio in late '55[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nSaid the state's gonna build a new highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne that's fast, smooth and wide[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith that new highway, no one stops here anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't make living without swinging that door[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sign by the roadside still says \"Come On In\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow daddy was as stubborn as a mule in the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"Good folks return to the places that they know\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut after the gravel arrived and those steamrollers whined[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]   \r\nAll those good folks left me and daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd those two lanes behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith that new highway, no one stops here anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't make living without swinging that door[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sign by the roadside still says \"Come On In\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the calendar on the wall still reads 19 and 75[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNo one crossed out the day that my daddy died[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe laid him in the ground 'neath that old sycamore tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nThat shades a boarded up gas station...   out on Route 23[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith that new highway, no one stops here anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't make living without swinging that door[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe sign by the roadside still says \"Come On In\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, the bulbs are long since burnt out, not to light up again[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD F#m G A D\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD D F#m G G G A D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","F#m","G","A","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]}}}