{"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":2297279,"song":"Bakersfield Bound","artist":"Chris Hillman","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11480864-bakersfield-bound-chords-by-chris-hillman/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2297279?type=chord","rating":0.12827,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was the youngest boy in a family of four[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe lived in Oklahoma  the wind whistled thru our  door[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe scratched out a living in the dirt and and the clay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never will forget it untill my dying days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe dust storms they came at us the sky turned cold and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nblack[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe packed up our belonging and never looked back[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe rode out  west toward the sun just a heartbeat away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never will forget it untill my dying days[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream[/tab]\r\n         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nDown the road lay the promised lands our fields would all\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nturn green[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen we first set eyes on The San Joaquin[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas like a friend we always knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe gates swing open so far & wide even God could drive thru[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe worked the crops from dawn to dust shared along the way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI never will forget it untill my dying days[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream[/tab]\r\n         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nDown the road lay the promised lands our fields had all\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nturned green[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWe were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCrossed our River Jordan to reach the other shore[/tab]","plain_text":"D            A\n\nDown the road lay the promised lands our fields would all\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n         D            A\n\nDown the road lay the promised lands our fields had all","chords":["A","E","D","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}