{"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":2351727,"song":"Soldiers Joy 1864","artist":"Guy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11486785-soldiers-joy-1864-chords-by-guy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2351727?type=chord","rating":4.92206,"votes":29,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow first I thought a snake had got me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIt happened dreadful quick[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nT'was a bullet bit my leg, right off I got sick[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI came to in a wagon load of ten more wounded men[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFive was dead by the time we reached that bloody tent[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGive me some of that Soldier's Joy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nYou know what I mean[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Gsus/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI don't want to hurt no more, my leg is turning green[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe the doctor came and looked at me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd this is what he said[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYour dancing days are done, son[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's a good thing you ain't dead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThen he went to work with a carving knife[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSweat fell from his brow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Bout killed me trying to save my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen he cut that lead ball out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGimme some of that Soldier's Joy[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAin't you got no more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHand me down my walking cane[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Gsus/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI ain't cut out for war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRed blood run right through my veins,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n      run all over the floor[/tab]\r\nRun all over the floor\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nRun right down his apron strings[/tab]\r\n                                And it run right down his apron strings\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike a river out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe handed me a bottle, said[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSon drink deep as you can[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHe turned away and he turned right back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a hacksaw in his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGimme some of that Soldier's Joy, you know what I like[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBear down on that fiddle boys just like Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nGimme some of that Soldier's Joy, you know what I crave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll be hitting that Soldier's Joy till I'm in my grave[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Gsus/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntill I'm in my grave.....[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nRun all over the floor\n\n                                And it run right down his apron strings\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]","chords":["Am","Dm","E7","C","F","G7","Gsus/B"],"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]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}