{"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":1970491,"song":"Only Son","artist":"Brent Rasmussen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11440705-only-son-chords-by-brent-rasmussen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1970491?type=chord","rating":0.14598,"votes":0,"content":"Tuning: Drop-D\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was born out west a ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBeneath a cloudy sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy momma called me Lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe saw rain clouds in my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy daddy called me in one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was very young[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid come and sit beside me boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nListen here my son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I was just your age he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy daddy done me wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd now it's been twenty years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAin't seen him in so long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI remember me the day he left[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nThat man he seemed so tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis words echoed in my head like[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGunshots off a canyon wall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy daddy was a desperado[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeft me footprints hard to follow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's some sins son that you just can't atone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right path ain't the easiest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you best be right with Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it's every cowboy's right to roam[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you take this gun my only son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll never be alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat day my daddy promised[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat he would do his best[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTook granddaddy's gun and locked it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a wooden chest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the years they passed on by[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe taught me to shoot and ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy momma she always called me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nApple of my daddy's eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought things'd just go on[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUntil that fateful letter came[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a sad smile something seemed to dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis face didn't seem the same[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nLooked like he was in disguise[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaw the hardness of his lips[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut all I saw through teary eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWere the big irons on his hips[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith that he just left like his daddy did[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I never did find out just what that letter said...[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy daddy was a desperado[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeft me footprints hard to follow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's some sins son that you just can't atone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right path ain't the easiest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you best be right with Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it's every cowboy's right to roam[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you take this gun my only son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll never be alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd never sight nor sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf him had momma heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe watched for him in plains[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs empty as his word[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYears passed by I stopped searching[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor his silhouette in the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI met a gal and got married[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then we had us one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was a child as perfect[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs God's bluest sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith golden hair across his brow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd his mommas eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTime seemed to stand still[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI thought things couldnt be better[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut that was just until[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe postman brought the letter[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYour daddy is a desperado[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI left you footprints hard to follow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's some sins son that I just can't atone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right path ain't the easiest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I ain't quite right with Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm in trouble now and so, so far from home[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWon't you bring your gun my only son[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYour daddy's all alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA good long while I read that letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI opened daddy's wooden chest[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe words I read were bitter[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI grabbed the gun and headed west[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA few miles out I surely found[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat I was looking for[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn empty grave that I had dug[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo many years before[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA headstone all by itself[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut in this barren place[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Here lies just a desperado\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCarved in stone upon its face[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI tossed that gun into the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd rode without a word[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew that it would not be found[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBefore the stone was blurred[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWent right home hugged my wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBeneath a cloudy sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA lightning bolt split the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA sign I can't deny[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI called my son in that day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he was very young[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said come here sit beside me boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nListen here my son[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy daddy was a desperado[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeft me footprints hard to follow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's some sins son that you just can't atone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe right path ain't the easiest[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you best be right with Jesus[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd it's every cowboy's right to roam[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat ain't me son, I'm surely done[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you'll never be alone[/tab]\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat ain't me son, I'm surely done[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you'll never be alone[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Drop-D\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n[Outro]","chords":["D","C","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}