{"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":2362865,"song":"The Blues Man","artist":"Hank Williams Jr.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11488718-the-blues-man-chords-by-hank-williams-jr/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2362865?type=chord","rating":4.94691,"votes":315,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm just a singer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nA natural born guitar ringer[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nkind of a clinger[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto sad old songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm not a walk behinder[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI'm a new note finder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut my name's a reminder[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof a blues man that's already gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I started drinkin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nTook things that messed up my thinkin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was sure sinkin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen you came along[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was alone in the hot lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNot too much left in sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut she changed all that one night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen she sang me this song[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey baby, I love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nHey baby, I need you[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHey baby, you ain't got to prove to me you're[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nsome kind of macho man[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou've wasted so much of your life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nrunnin' through the dark nights[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet me shine some love light[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndown on this blues man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-6-6\\5-------------------------|\r\nB|-------8---------6-6\\5---------|\r\nG|---------------7-------7-------|\r\nD|-------------------------------|\r\nA|-------------------------------|\r\nE|-------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got so sick from speedin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAll the stuff they said I was needin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nif I was to keep pleasin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nall of my fans[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got cuffed on dirt roads[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI got sued over no shows[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut she came and took all that old load[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndown off this blues man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey baby, I love you too[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nHey baby, I need you[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHey baby, I do get tired[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof this travelin' band[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm 30 years old now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNights would be cold now[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nif you hadn't stuck it out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith this blues man[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm 30 years old now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nNights sure would be cold now[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nif you hadn't hung around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith this blues man[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG   Am7   D   G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","Am7","D","A","C","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}