{"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":2286993,"song":"Now I Lay Me Down To Cheat","artist":"David Allan Coe","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479637-now-i-lay-me-down-to-cheat-chords-by-david-allan-coe/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2286993?type=chord","rating":4.62896,"votes":7,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow I Lay Me Down To Cheat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the woman I love so[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if I die between these sheets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI pray to God she?ll never know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe?s the best thing in his life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy she worships the ground that he walks on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe waits up for him at night and worries[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill he?s safely home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe always believes his stories about workin? over time[/tab]\r\nAnd in 20 years beside him\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCheatin?s never crossed her mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh but it crossed his[/tab]\r\nEarly last summer\r\nIn the person of a neighbor\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe still calls her friend[/tab]\r\nAnd with a little push from drinkin? one too many\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOne night in the fall, he gave in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now, he wishes he could stop himself[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut there?s no easy way[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo he lays down with his lover[/tab]\r\nAnd silently he prays\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                    [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nIn his heart and soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]                                           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nHe knew he was playin? a game he could never win[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nBut ya know, forbidden fruit is sweet[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]                        [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nWhy it was sweet enough to make him risk it all again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd now, he?s given up on lookin?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nfor a way to fight the feelin?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nSo he prays this simple pray[/tab]\r\nAnd hopes it makes its makes it past the motel ceilin?\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nNow I Lay Me Down To Cheat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOn the woman I love so[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Db[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd if I die between these sheets[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI pray to God she?ll never know[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd in 20 years beside him\n\n\n\nEarly last summer\nIn the person of a neighbor\n\nAnd with a little push from drinkin? one too many\n\n\n\n\nAnd silently he prays\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd hopes it makes its makes it past the motel ceilin?\n\n[Chorus 2]","chords":["Am","D","G","Ab","Db","Eb"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}