{"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":2437817,"song":"Willie Got There First","artist":"Seth Avett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11499813-willie-got-there-first-chords-by-seth-avett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2437817?type=chord","rating":4.81746,"votes":23,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell it struck me how cold the rain was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut I didn't look for cover at all[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI just stood there face to face with my love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwatching her tear drops fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd sad as it was, her blue eyes inspired me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nswitched on a light in my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand when she was gone, I wrote down a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto claim the moment as mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Willie got there first[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nput heartache and heartbreak into reverse[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-----------------------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------0--2---0-----|\r\nD|----------------------0----2---3---------------|\r\nA|-----------0--2----3---------------------------|\r\nE|---------3-------------------------------------|\r\n  like an alchemist turning his sorrow to gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----------------------------|\r\nB|----------------------------|\r\nG|--2-0--------0--------------|\r\nD|---------3---------3--2---0-|\r\nA|----------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------|\r\n   lyrics like maps for a soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEloquent truth  and a common man's words[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have such a good idea for a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Willie got there first[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThe phases and stages of life they've been changing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand I was sure changing too[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe rivers of whiskey and Bloody Mary mornings[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwere causing my plans to fall through[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBut when I was down I met me an angel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nflying too close to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nand we rose up together and the victory moved me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto make a musical sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Willie got there first[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nbut falling in love to a beautiful verse[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|---------------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|-------------------------------------------0---2---0-----|\r\nD|-------------------------------0----2---3----------------|\r\nA|-----------------0-----2----3----------------------------|\r\nE|---------3-----------------------------------------------|\r\n  like the brush strokes of a renaissance master so bold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|---------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------|\r\nG|--2-----0--------0---------------|\r\nD|-------------3---------3---2---0-|\r\nA|---------------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------|\r\n   still lifes of cold black and gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbreath taking country side, landscapes of words[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have such a good idea for a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Willie got there first[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe rhymes are already written[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe rhythm laid down by the band[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe melodys already been brought to life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nby the piano players right hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBobby play it pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nleave that harp solo in[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand Mickey take us, home one more time then lets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nget on the road again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nI'm crazy for feeling so lonely with my family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand so many friends[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know how it is with life as with love[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen one ends another begins[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nto live well you must be tougher than leather[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand tender as a babe in a manger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nlets lift up a glass of yesterdays wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand cheers to the red headed stranger[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCause Willie got there first[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nput God and the devil into the same verse[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nB|-------------------------------------------------|\r\nG|------------------------------------0---2--0-----|\r\nD|-------------------------0---2---3---------------|\r\nA|-------------0---2---3---------------------------|\r\nE|--------3----------------------------------------|\r\n  like a preacher man letting his Sermon unfold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|------------------------------|\r\nB|------------------------------|\r\nG|----2---0-------0-------------|\r\nD|-------------3------3---2---0-|\r\nA|------------------------------|\r\nE|------------------------------|\r\n   a tune like a cure for a soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]D/F#[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe truth in a cowboys words[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI have such a good idea for a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut Willie got there first[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah Willie got there first[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","C7","F","G","B","D","A","E","D/F#","Am","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}