{"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":2111801,"song":"Montana Backroads","artist":"Nanci Griffith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458620-montana-backroads-chords-by-nanci-griffith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111801?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn an old pickup truck, with his hat pulled down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe drives them old Montana backroads[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nRemembering half-forgotten times, and wondering where it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if he can still carry the load[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow, the summer sun is setting, and the moon is on the rise[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs he pulls that old pickup into town[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd he parks beside the place where the feed store used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he heads for an old familiar sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThose honky-tonk bands still play old-time songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRemembering how things used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSitting at the bar with his head down in his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo alone with his memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord, he's so alone with his memories[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe remembers back in '33, or was it '34[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe year that he won the rodeo[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe buckle that they gave him, well, he still wears today[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor that Brahma bull that he rode[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut his riding days are over now, his back is getting weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd his eyesight, it just ain't as good[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAs the days he'd spot a deer at a hundred yards or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd bring back a month's supply of food[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThose honky-tonk bands still play old-time songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRemembering how things used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSitting at the bar with his head down in his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo alone with his memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord, he's so alone with his memories[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow the bar is getting set to close, they say he's got to leave[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut it feels like, Lord, he just arrived[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo he downs his last shot as he's heading for the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGetting ready for that long and lonely drive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn an old pickup truck, with his hat pulled down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe drives them old Montana backroads[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nRemembering half-forgotten times, and wondering where it's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd if he can still carry the load[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThose honky-tonk bands still play old-time songs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRemembering how things used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A/G#[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSitting at the bar with his head down in his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo alone with his memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D/C#[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord, he's so alone with his memories[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA Bm D E A\n \n[Verse]","chords":["A","Bm","D","E","A/G#","F#m","D/C#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}