{"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":2110375,"song":"Memorial Day","artist":"James McMurtry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458274-memorial-day-chords-by-james-mcmurtry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2110375?type=chord","rating":4.65432,"votes":11,"content":"Capo 2nd fret\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMama keeps tryin? to get the game on the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy?s gotta know the score[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere?s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWonder what that thing?s for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe got towels rolled up in the back seat window[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nKeeping us out of the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a hundred more miles and we?ll be at grand ma?s[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSure is gonna be fun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe she?ll take us fish in?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe she?ll bake us a pie[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRemember like she did that one time[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBack before grandpa died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt?s Memorial Day in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody?s on the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet?s remember our fallen heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nY?all be sure and drive slow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNinety eight degrees in the shade of the tool shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCan?t go back in the house[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey?re all in the kitchen yellin? ?bout some thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon?t know what it?s about[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoey ?n Mary said not to worry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid it?s just the same old fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHappens whenever they all get together[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverything?s really alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt?s Memorial Day in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is how it?s supposed to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet?s remember our fallen heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the land of the free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy?s in the big chair sippin? on a cold beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGrandma?s cuttin? a switch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe overheard Mary cussin? her brother[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCalled him a son of a b***h[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe got a good green limb off a sweet gum sapling[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMan that?s bound to sting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Mary don?t cry just stands there and takes it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDoesn?t seem to feel a thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo Mary don?t cry, you know she?s a big girl[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWonder what made her so mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe takes those licks looking in through the den door[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStaring right straight at her dad[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere?s a big yellow thing on a flat bed trailer[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy nearly hit that bird[/tab]\r\nThey?re both in the front seat\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStarin? right straight ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNeither one saying a word[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe sun?s going down in the rear view mirror[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D/F#[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGonna be driving all night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWonder if the neighbor?s fed the canary[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWonder if the cat?s alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt?s Memorial Day in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody?s on the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet?s remember our fallen heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nY?all be sure and drive slow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt?s Memorial Day in America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis is how it?s supposed to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLet?s remember our fallen heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D/F#[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the land of the free[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2nd fret\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThey?re both in the front seat","chords":["G","C","D/F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}