{"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":2133495,"song":"Backslider Blues","artist":"Jason Boland & The Stragglers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11462930-backslider-blues-chords-by-jason-boland-the-stragglers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2133495?type=chord","rating":4.32644,"votes":17,"content":"Capo 2\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      \r\nNo doubt the prayers of my mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave taken me aways down the line,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd swear the life of my sister,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell she's brighter than the sun when she shines.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            \r\nAnd I have been baptised in water,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have been baptised in fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've knelt with both hands on the altar[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I've even sang in the choir.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere've been forks in the road when I've had to choose...[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI pray He'll forgive me for singin' the backslider blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah the backslider blues ain't a hard song to sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know right from wrong, you just don't do a thing.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nStand there alone, feelin' battered and bruised,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSingin' the backslider blues. -[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nFrom the stained glass light of the chapel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the neon haze of the bar.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the wine of holy communion, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the liqour that's left me the scars.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               \r\nFrom the Bible that sets on my dresser, [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the clothes strung all 'cross the floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom the prayers from my friends when they need me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo the times that I've ran out the door.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeen taken by surprise by some women and rouge,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I pray He'll forgive me for singin' the backslider blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nAnd I hope that we can all make it[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the place where true freedom rings[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I pray that they have us some guitars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we can walk through the red buds and sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       \r\nNever know when you're out on life's highway,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGabriel might pull up to you.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'll say \"Child, climb in and ride shotgun[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll see what this big rig can do\".[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere'll be nothin' more to say and nothin' left to lose.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'll have forgotten when we sang the backslider blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah the backslider blues ain't a hard song to sing.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou know right from wrong, you just don't do a thing.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nStand there alone, feelin' battered and bruised,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSingin' the backslider blues. I'm just singin' the backslider blues.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Capo 2\n\n[Intro]\nG  Em  D  C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG  Em  D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD   G   Em   C   G   D   C   G   Em   D   C\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG  Em  D  G","chords":["G","Em","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}