{"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":2112169,"song":"Silver Eagle","artist":"George Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458727-silver-eagle-chords-by-george-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2112169?type=chord","rating":4.84028,"votes":3,"content":"Silver Eagle\r\nGeorge Jones & Merle Haggard\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he rides into town on the back of a big silver eagle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStrapped to his shoulders are the burdens of staying on top[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the lines in his face tell the story of an uphill flight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]                                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou can tell how he feels day by day by the songs that he writes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's loved by millions somehow he's their prisoner as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E7[/ch]                                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs he rides down the road in his ten wheeled aluminum cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow he lives for the day that the eagle will carry him home[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E7[/ch]                                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause the glamour is over nearly all of his seeds have been sown[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFor this great American poet who's singing his songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbout the everyday working man's life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne night on the road just south of the Idyho line[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were smoking some comtrex and attempting to alter our minds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen just before daylight Hag pushed back his hat and he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\"Ah we're puttin too much emphasis on bein' a star[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCan't we do a little bit of living instead\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFor this great American poet who's singing his songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbout the everyday working man's life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFor this great American poet who's singing his songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAbout the everyday working man's life[/tab]","plain_text":"Silver Eagle\nGeorge Jones & Merle Haggard","chords":["A","D","E7"],"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}