{"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":2128687,"song":"Angola","artist":"Turnpike Troubadours","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11461988-angola-chords-by-turnpike-troubadours/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2128687?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Angola\r\nTurnpike Troubadours\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  (x2)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I was born in Bossier Parish, in Northern Louisian'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a few miles south of Fillmore where my daddy owned some land[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we were thick as a pair of thieves, my buddy Jack and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDrinkin' beer and playin' football, fishin' on them creeks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh but now my life it seems like some old country song you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord I just turned 21, and there's no chance of parole[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm doin' life for murder, in this penitentiary[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a young man in Angola, seen the last of bein' free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe graduated high school, back in '98[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTried to live the clean life, but the clean life didn't pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen a friend of a friend of a friend of ours had a way to make ends meet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he gave us a crash course, in southern chemistry[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh but now my life it seems like some old country song you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord I just turned 21, and there's no chance of parole[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm doin' life for murder, in this penitentiary[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a young man in Angola, seen the last of bein' free[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then one day it happened, and the wild men got the call[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Jackie he'd been talkin', with the local law[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey stuck him nearly fifty times and dumped him in the creek[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the sheriffs found the body, they pointed their bloody hands at me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I got a tattoo on my shoulder, I got a number on my chest[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe tattoo just says Haughton, and that's the place I love the best, yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  (x3)","plain_text":"Angola\nTurnpike Troubadours\n\n[Intro]\nG  D  C  G  (x2)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG  D  C  G\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nG  D  C  G\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  D  C  G  (x3)","chords":["G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}