{"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":2770849,"song":"1968","artist":"Dave Alvin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11535477-1968-chords-by-dave-alvin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2770849?type=chord","rating":4.46472,"votes":4,"content":"Dave Alvin\r\nwritten by Dave Alvin & CHris Gaffney\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohnny gave Joe his first cig – arette[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Joe lit the filter and then he smoked the whole pack[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd Joe bought all the gas in Johnny's old Ford[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe always said that's what friends were for.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Johnny married Tina, Joe married Dee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo blonde-haired sisters from Covington, Ken – tucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd in '67 Johnny joined the Corps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJoe did too, but he never knew what for.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFolks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJohnny went from job to job tryin' to make ends meet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Tina divorced him back in '83[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow thirty years come and thirty years go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Johnny's got a grandkid that he barely knows.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFolks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell Dee calls Johnny every now and then[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd talks about her children and her third husband[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when he asks about someone they used to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDee says, “Johnny that was so long ago.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd tonight in this barroom he's easin' his pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's thinkin' of someone, but he won't say the name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFolks say he's a hero, but he'll tell you he ain't[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe left the hero in the jungle back in 19 - 68.[/tab]","plain_text":"Dave Alvin\nwritten by Dave Alvin & CHris Gaffney\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","D","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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}