{"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":1981713,"song":"Alkali","artist":"Tom Russell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11443333-alkali-chords-by-tom-russell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1981713?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Tom Russell - Alkali\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAlkali, here's mud in your eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've been lost in the desert twenty-five years or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll your whiskey streams and your goldfield dreams [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch] \r\nWell, Lady Luck won't let you dark her door[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd they tell me you're a ghost of a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord, I believe it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd they say you had a woman once[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she turned her back on you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou old gold mining hobo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDry-well, desert rat, Alkali[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPut the bacon on to fry[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, the sun's coming up and the mule's waiting for his grain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJust a one room shack, out by the Santa Fe tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nIt’s an old lick of earth that's screaming for a drop of rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd there's a time for work and a time for play[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a time for lying down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the road might lead to the rainbow's end[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA dusty old desert town[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou old gold mining hobo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDry-well, desert rat, Alkali[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAlkali, there's a buzzard in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he’s a-counting his chances on a-picking your skinflint bones  [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAh, raise your hand and throw a curse on the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThey're gonna find you one day, lying 'neath an unmarked stone[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, the desert is a lonely place[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a man to lose his head[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey tell me when you start to talking to yourself[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord, you might as well be dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYou old gold mining hobo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDry-well, desert rat, Alkali[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAlkali, Alkali[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  \r\nYou old gold-mining hobo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDry-well, desert rat, Alkali[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAlkali, Alkali[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  \r\nYou old gold-mining hobo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDry-well, desert rat, Alkali[/tab]","plain_text":"Tom Russell - Alkali\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n \n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nDm    F  G  C  Dm G\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n \n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Dm","F","G","Am","Em","D","A"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}