{"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":74456,"song":"Walk Through The Bottomland","artist":"Lyle Lovett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11546330-walk-through-the-bottomland-chords-by-lyle-lovett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/74456?type=chord","rating":4.75177,"votes":35,"content":"Walk Through the Bottomland - Lyle Lovett\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA New Jersey lady I knew long ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd she was a lady I say[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut she met a cowboy who rode on a rodeo[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he stole her heart straight away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe New Jersey lady she loved him so true[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnother love she never had[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut cowboys are lonesome and cowboys are blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they make the ladies so sad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Sing me a melody[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Sing me a blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Walk through the bottomland without no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                The Brazos she's running scared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                She heard the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Walk through the bottomland without no shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe New Jersey lady knew he loved her too[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd you know she tried to hold on[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut the rodeo life was the life that he knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe had to keep drifting along[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe never married and she never would[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd all of the people they'd say[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe New Jersey lady she just ain't no good[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo follow a cowboy that way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Sing me a melody[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Sing me a blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Walk through the bottomland without no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                The Brazos she's running scared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                She heard the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Walk through the bottomland without no shoes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe lady she'd sing him to sleep in the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd in the morning he'd go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe loved the darkness and hated the light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlong with that damn rodeo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe New Jersey lady the day that he died[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nShe covered him over with clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd feeling the wind in the night as she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe heard the old cowboy say[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Sing me a melody[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Sing me a blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Walk through the bottomland without no shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                The Brazos she's running scared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                She heard the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n                Walk through the bottomland without no shoes[/tab]","plain_text":"Walk Through the Bottomland - Lyle Lovett\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","A","Em","G7","D"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}