{"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":70494,"song":"The Fightin Side Of Me","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11544891-the-fightin-side-of-me-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/70494?type=chord","rating":4.76872,"votes":124,"content":"[Intro] (slightly swung)\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nB|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nG|-4-0-|-4-2--(0)2---2-0-|-2-1--(0)1---1-0-|-1---------------|-----------------|\r\nD|-----|-----------------|-----------------|---4---0-4---2-0-|-2-1-------2-----|\r\nA|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2h4---4p2-|\r\nE|-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nB|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nG|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|\r\nD|-----------------|-----------2-----|-----------------|\r\nA|---------0-------|-------2h4---4p2-|-----------------|\r\nE|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI hear people talking bad about the way we have to live here in this country[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHarpin' on the wars we fight, gripin' 'bout the way things ought to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                                                   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI don't mind them switchin' sides and standin' up for things they believe in[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhen they're runnin' down our country, man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRunnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you don't love it, leave it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet this song that I'm singin' be a warnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhen you're runnin' down our country, hoss[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat intro riff)\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI read about some squirrely guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWho claims that he just don't believe in fightin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/ch]                                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I wonder just how long the rest of us can count on bein' free[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                                                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey love our milk and honey but they preach about some other way of livin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhen they're runnin' down our country, man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThey're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nRunnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you don't love it, leave it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet this song that I'm singin' be a warnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWhen you're runnin' down our country, man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] (key change)\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]                                                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRunnin' down a way of life our fightin' men have fought and died to keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf you don't love it, leave it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F7[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLet this song that I'm singin' be a warnin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nWhen you're runnin' down our country, hoss[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're walkin' on the fightin' side of me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*************************\r\n\r\n| (n)  Ghost note\r\n|  h   Hammer-on\r\n|  p   Pull-off\r\n\r\n*************************","plain_text":"[Intro] (slightly swung)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat intro riff)\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] (key change)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*************************\n\n| (n)  Ghost note\n|  h   Hammer-on\n|  p   Pull-off\n\n*************************","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","B7","E7","C7","F","F7","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}