{"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":2077705,"song":"Bethany Breakdown","artist":"Kent Fauss","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11451744-bethany-breakdown-chords-by-kent-fauss/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2077705?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell I grew up around Bethany[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'cause my folks were raised in Bethany,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\non the East edge of the country [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the West edge of OKC.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy grandparents bought an estate there[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nin 1938 there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA thousand nights I stayed there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand a million meals I ate there, yep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy first love was Kathy, [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch] \r\nand I took her out to Bethany[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nso she could meet the family,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand then I said \"She ain't for me\", no...[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd since Jesus went through a Bethany[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\non his way from a Galilee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nI had me an epiphany[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nto write a song about... it[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I die, just lay me down beneath the ground of that town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nand we'll call it a Bethany Breakdown [/tab]\r\n\r\n[instumental solo]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHoliday memories take me back[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nto my sister Paula and Uncle Jack,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand Mark and Joey and Collin too,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand Mom and Dad, and all of you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHung out there every Sunday[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwith my cousins Mike, Jake and Clay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'd wrestle with the kids and play[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand talk about the Girl of the Day, yep![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd finally, there came a date[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen we boys took over that real estate.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe poker was fun, the girls were great[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]  N.C.                        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nnot the path to Heaven's gate, no [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut nowadays, that house is gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nthe old folks have done moved on.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut we still have this little song,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nso crank it up and get it on![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I die, just lay me down beneath the ground of that town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nand we'll call it a Bethany Breakdown           [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Ending] \r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE D E \nE D E \nE D E \nE G A E\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[instumental solo]\nE  G G# A  E  C Em Am  \n \n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nAm F G  G   G7\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Ending] \nE  G G# A A","chords":["E","D","G","A","Am","F","C","G#","Em","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}