{"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":2112161,"song":"Tavern Choir","artist":"George Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458723-tavern-choir-chords-by-george-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2112161?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Tavern Choir\r\nWritten by Doodle Owens & Dennis Knutson\r\nRecorded by George Jones with Jim Lauderdale\r\n(Capo on 3)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEveryone suspected ole Willie's time was near[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause lately he'd been talkin' 'bout the Lord & leavin' here[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said if I fight the devil when I die I know I'll lose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo sing my soul to Heaven 'for the devil gets the news[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Verse 3)\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, everybody cried when poor ole Willie died[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd his old flat top gui- tar was that all Willie left be- hind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey took it to the graveyard when they laid him down to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomeone tuned it up and answered Willie's last re- quest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBe- fore his body touched the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI come to the garden a- lone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\non Wine Street sang ole Willie home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's an ole flat top guitar on the wall behind the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd somewhere there's a twinkle in a far distant star[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow that ole Satan raised some Hell when he finally got the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat the only soul that Willie left was on a pair of his worn out shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar on Wine Street gathered 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey be- lieve Willie's soul passed through Heaven's golden gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBe- fore his body touched the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey sang ?A- mazing Grace, how sweet the sound?[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI come to the garden a- lone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Tavern choir from Marvin's Bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\non Wine Street sang ole Willie home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe be- lieve they sang ole Willie home[/tab]","plain_text":"Tavern Choir\nWritten by Doodle Owens & Dennis Knutson\nRecorded by George Jones with Jim Lauderdale\n(Capo on 3)\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 3)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}