{"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":62949,"song":"Pretty Boy Floyd","artist":"The Byrds","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542447-pretty-boy-floyd-chords-by-the-byrds/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62949?type=chord","rating":4.68145,"votes":19,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n#\r\n\r\nSubject: CRD:   Pretty Boy Floyd         The Byrds            Chords/Lyrics\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell gather round children, a story I will tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAbout Pretty Boy Floyd the outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis wife beside him in a wagon as into town they rode[/tab]\r\n\r\nfiddle break\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd along come a deputy sheriff in a manner rather rude[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nUsing vulgar words of language and his wife she overheard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Pretty Boy grabbed a long chain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the deputy grabbed a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in the fight that followed, he laid that deputy down[/tab]\r\n\r\nbanjo break\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he ran through the trees and bushes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd lived a life of shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEvery crime in Oklahoma was added to his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe ran through trees and bushes on the Canadian River shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd many a starving farmer opened up his door[/tab]\r\n\r\nfiddle break\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was in Oklahoma City, It was on a Christmas Day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell you say that I'm an outlaw, you say that I'm a thief[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, here's a Christmas dinner for the families on relief[/tab]\r\n\r\nmandolin break\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs through this life you travel, you meet some funny men[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs through this life you ramble, as through this life you roam[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll never see an outlaw take a family from their home[/tab]\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n#\n\nSubject: CRD:   Pretty Boy Floyd         The Byrds            Chords/Lyrics\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfiddle break\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nbanjo break\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nfiddle break\n\n\n\n\n\n\nmandolin break","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"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]}}}