{"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":389691,"song":"Local Boy","artist":"The Rifles","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11557558-local-boy-chords-by-the-rifles/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/389691?type=chord","rating":4.95704,"votes":49,"content":"A* = play at 12th fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]    | [ch]E[/ch]    | [ch]Bm[/ch]   | [ch]Bm[/ch]   | x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] (5th fret) [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nJimmy was a local boy, but he's seen much more than a change in the weather[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSitting in a uniform of the three-piece suit and ribbons from his past[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLooking for a little boy at the bar with the mouth who thinks he's clever now[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nDreaming of a day that he got home from a war to his childhood sweetheart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    Now he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    Just a feeling, of an empty place, deteriorating[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\nJimmy's always been a local, but he's seen much more than I'm bound to ever\r\nA member of a dying breed that sat and wait as it all just falls apart\r\nThinking of a day that's oh so long ago, he can't remember right\r\nThere was a time a man could still be a man and proud to use his heart\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus]\r\n\r\nNow he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,\r\nThere was really only one,\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]*         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow he misses how she sounds, he frowns,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe lines them up and he puts them down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's sad, this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSeems to fail to appreciate the man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]    | [ch]E[/ch]    | [ch]Bm[/ch]   | [ch]Bm[/ch]   | x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Pre-chorus] (one strum only)\r\n\r\nNow he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,\r\nNo he don't feel anymore, coz Jimmy's so thick skinned\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    And a long, long time ago, when he could break her heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n    There was really only one,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]*         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow he misses how she sounds, he frowns,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe lines them up and he puts them down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's sad, this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSeems to fail to appreciate [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhat he's about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLines them up and puts them down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIt's sad this town seems to fail to appreciate the man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Guitar Solo]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]    | [ch]E[/ch]    | [ch]Bm[/ch]   | [ch]Bm[/ch]   | x4\r\n\r\nfinishes on A","plain_text":"A* = play at 12th fret\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n| A    | E    | Bm   | Bm   | x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\nJimmy's always been a local, but he's seen much more than I'm bound to ever\nA member of a dying breed that sat and wait as it all just falls apart\nThinking of a day that's oh so long ago, he can't remember right\nThere was a time a man could still be a man and proud to use his heart\n\n\n[Pre-chorus]\n\nNow he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,\nThere was really only one,\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar Solo]\n\n| A    | E    | Bm   | Bm   | x2\n\n\n[Pre-chorus] (one strum only)\n\nNow he don't need anyone, there's no one there for him,\nNo he don't feel anymore, coz Jimmy's so thick skinned\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar Solo]\n\n| A    | E    | Bm   | Bm   | x4\n\nfinishes on A","chords":["A","E","Bm","F#m","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}