{"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":2117971,"song":"Only God Knows Why","artist":"David Allan Coe","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459747-only-god-knows-why-chords-by-david-allan-coe/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2117971?type=chord","rating":4.73807,"votes":12,"content":"David Allan Coe - Only God Knows Why\r\nCapo 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI've been sittin?here, tryin?to find myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGet behind myself, I need to rewind myself.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nLookin?for the payback, listen to the playback[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey say that every man bleeds just like me.[/tab]\r\n                   \r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I feel like number one, even when I'm last in line[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI hold my youngest son, helps to pass the time.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI take too many pills, tryin?to ease the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI made a couple of dollar bills, I still act the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nEverybody knows my name, they yell it way out loud[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPeople try to comfort me, but it's hard to hang out in a crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI guess that's the price you pay, to be some big star like I am[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 \r\nOutstreched stands and one night stands[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nStill I can't buy love[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNo I can?t buy love, no I can?t buy love[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                    [ch]B[/ch]                                    \r\nWhen it all comes tumbling down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]        \r\nI will always be around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPeople don't know about the things I say and do[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey don't understand about the hard times that I've been through[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]B[/ch]            \r\nIt's been so long, since I've been home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                [ch]E[/ch]       \r\nI've been gone now....I've been gone much too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nMaybe I forgot, all things I miss[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut in my heart I know there's more to life than this[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMore to life than this[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd when it all comes tumbling down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]        \r\nI will still be hangin?around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI said it too many times, and I still stand firm[/tab]\r\n        A (electric till last verse)      \r\nYou get what you put in, givin?these people get what they deserve\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGivin?them what they deserve[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nStill I ain't seen light, for days and nights[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy life is a stage full of flashing lights [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPeople talk about me, but I don?t cry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust keep on walking, with my head held high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]                                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI can?t lose it all but Only God Knows, Only God Knows Why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy, why, why, Only God Knows Why[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI've been sittin?here, tryin?to find myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGet behind myself, I need to rewind myself.[/tab]","plain_text":"David Allan Coe - Only God Knows Why\nCapo 1\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        A (electric till last verse)      \nYou get what you put in, givin?these people get what they deserve","chords":["E","B","A","D","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}