{"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":2290995,"song":"Two Dollar Novels","artist":"Darden Smith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11480097-two-dollar-novels-chords-by-darden-smith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2290995?type=chord","rating":4.99902,"votes":8,"content":"[Intro]\r\n [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    (2x)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I turned right on First, left on White Oak[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack to my old neighborhood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI saw old Doc Randolph[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was mowing his yard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's kept it up ‘’bout the best he could.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Evelyn his wife of thirty-two years[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe smiled as I drove by[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd she waved from her front porch swing.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she went back to readin’ her two dollar novel[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd playin’ with her wedding ring.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA few houses needed paintin’, a few gates were unhinged[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut generally the place looked the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe driveways were full of bikes and Buick sedans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThings any good American would claim.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all them other lovers that married for cover[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were out for the sacred nightly stroll.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey were wishing they were characters in a two dollar novel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWishing for their weight in gold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    (2x)\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow Mary Elizabeth, she's my high school sweetheart[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe married my best high school friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe manages the hardware store, she became a nurse[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I became a memory to them.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all my other buddies they just got lost in outer space[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they ran off to serve their country well.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're all fighting in a war of two dollar novels[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere only the toughest live to tell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I turned right on White Oak and left on First[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOut of that old neighborhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI left Doctor and Mrs. Randolph sipping ice tea on the front porch[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWondering if I'd ever come to any good.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd on a thousand shady streets in a thousand other towns[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow people, Lord, they're doing just the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're all living their lives like two dollar novels[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd wondering why the world is so insane.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey're all living their lives like two dollar novels[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd wondering why there's nothing left to gain.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n C   Bb  F    (2x)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nC   Bb  F    (2x)\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["C","Bb","F","Dm","G","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}