{"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":1968065,"song":"Long Hard Road","artist":"Nitty Gritty Dirt Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11440128-long-hard-road-chords-by-nitty-gritty-dirt-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1968065?type=chord","rating":4.93213,"votes":137,"content":"[Intro] \r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nWay back in my memory there's a scene that I [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nrecall of a little run-down cabin in the woods.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy daddy never promised that our blue moon [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwould turn gold but he lay awake nights wishin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat it would.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the world was on our radio, hard work was on [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nour minds.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith old overalls and cotton balls all strapped across [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyour back, man, it's hard to make believe ain't nothing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nwrong.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut mama kept the Bible read, and daddy kept our family [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfed and somewhere in between I must have grown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntakes me down the road to where I want to go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, I know, it's a long, hard road.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude] \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes, I remember when I stay up late at night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen the sun-up came, we got up and went.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the shadows of a working day, our moonlight hours [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nspent, singin' songs along with grandma's radio.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow, I'm beatin' down an old blacktop road, sleepin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a sack, livin' in my memories all in vain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause those city lights ain't all that bright, compared [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nto what it's like, to see lightning bugs go dancin' in [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe rain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMama played the guitar then, and daddy made the saw blade [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbend and raindrops played the tin roof like a drum.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\ntakes me down the road to where my name is known.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, I'm gone, and it's a long, hard road.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nYes, I know, it's a long, hard road..[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro] \nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude] \nD G D A D \n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nG D A D G D A D","chords":["D","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]}}}