{"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":2111453,"song":"Once Upon A Road","artist":"Tom T. Hall","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458527-once-upon-a-road-chords-by-tom-t-hall/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111453?type=chord","rating":4.89044,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce upon a road  when I was innocent and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the back roads of America  were like toy land to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt surely was the promised land  and we had ourselves a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh how the milk and honey flowed  once upon a road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce upon a road  we could live off of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWatermelons on the vine  chicken cookin' in a pan[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWater clean and water free  you could sleep beneath a tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLove and freedom was our code  that was once upon a road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce upon a road  really was a crazy time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe believed we could move mountains  so we moved them in our minds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlood and sweat and bitter tears  took the days and took the years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have little left to show  for being once upon a road[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOnce upon a road  we were young and we were fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nChanged the face of all America[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut never hung around in the barber chair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe were fighting for a dream  fought a mighty big machine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere ain't nothing that we know  for being once upon a road[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have little left to show  for being once upon a road[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  x4","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm  G  D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm  G  D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nEm  G  D  x4","chords":["Em","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}