{"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":2345829,"song":"Tom Ames Prayer","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11485784-tom-ames-prayer-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2345829?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":39,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone in Nagadoches knew Tom Ames[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwould come to some bad end,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the sheriff had caught him stealing chickens and such by the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\ntime that he was ten.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd one day his daddy took a 10 dollar bill[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand he tucked it in his hand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said I can tell you're headed for trouble son,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand your mama wouldn't understand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he took that money and his brother's old bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand left without a word of thanks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFell in with a crowd in some border town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTook to robbin' banks.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, outside the law your luck'll run out fast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\na few years came and went;[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'til he's trapped in an alley in Abilene[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith all but four shells spent.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he realized prayin' was the only thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat he hadn't ever tried;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwell, he wasn't sure he knew quite how[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut he looked up to the sky.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid \"You don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know, Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI don't owe nothin' to you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI ain't askin' for a miracle Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\njust a little bit of luck will do.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you know I ain't never prayed before[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut it always seemed to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthat prayin's the same as beggin' Lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't take no charity.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, but right now Lord with my back to the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can't help but recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhow they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nin Ft. Smith, Arkansas[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nJudge Parker said guilty and the gavel came down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\njust like a cannon shot.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I went away quietly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI began to file and plot.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, they sent the preacher down to my cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe said, \"the Lord is your only hope,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhe's the only friend that you're gonna have[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen you hit the end of Parker's rope.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, I guess he could've kept on preachin' 'til Christmas[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut he turned his back on me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI put a homemade blade to that golden throat[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand asked the deputy for the key.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, it ain't the first close call I ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nas I'm sure you already know[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI had some help from you Lord and the Devil himself,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nit's been strictly touch and go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYeah, but who in the hell am I talkin to?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no one here but me[/tab]\r\n(single strum each chord)\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd then he cocked both his pistols, and he spit in the dirt,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand he walked out in the street.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nEm C    G    D\nEm C    G    D  G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm C G D\nEm C G D G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(single strum each chord)","chords":["G","D","Em","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]}}}