{"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":2269253,"song":"Hard By The Highway","artist":"Richard Dobson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11477306-hard-by-the-highway-chords-by-richard-dobson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2269253?type=chord","rating":4.74257,"votes":15,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFive-hundred miles from the Mexican border[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe days getting shorter, the nights getting colder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's hard by the highway he leans on her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust a little bit tired and a little bit older[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe days keep on running down through the seasons[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're running like prairie fire, wild with no reason[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe Devil's to pay for the moments he's seizing[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nStill nothing is lost that's left to believe in[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe's got little to lose and his only companions[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAre the liquor that he loves, the rambling and the gambling[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe coyote answers from back in the canyon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHungry for more than plain understanding[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSometimes it gets hard, sometimes it's amusing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen kindness repaid is just an illusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen blind men know best what to make of confusion[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd dead men know nothing at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill he dreams of a lady who'll lay down beside him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe prays for the day when the sweet Lord will guide him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo one who might drain all the poison inside him[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLet him hang up his boots with his traveling behind him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut it's five-hundred miles from the Mexican border[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe days getting shorter, the nights getting colder[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAs hard by the highway he leans on her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA little bit tired, a little bit older[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm G F E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAm G F E\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Am","G","F","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}