{"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":532934,"song":"Problem","artist":"J.J. Cale","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11567397-problem-chords-by-j-j-cale/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/532934?type=chord","rating":4.82484,"votes":16,"content":"\"The Problem\" by J.J. Cale \r\nFrom the album \"To Tulsa and Back\"\r\n\r\nPerformance notes: True to the laid back \"Tulsa Sound\" \r\nhe helped to create, Cale plays slightly behind the beat.\r\nThis can be accomplished by strumming down and up normally,\r\nbut accenting the upstroke only. All solos are played \r\nover the intro/verse chords, except for the last solo\r\nwhere it passes through the Eb F Bb Ab Eb progression\r\ntoward the end of it.\r\n\r\n[Intro] \r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch] (2x)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]           [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHave you heard the news, that's going 'round here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe man in charge has got to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Ab[/ch]         [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nCause he dances 'round, the problem, boy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand the problem is the man in charge, you know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nNow the young knows what, I'm a talkin' 'bout[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Ab[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nit's a con in the old man's game[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Eb[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe man in charge he don't, know what he's doin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe don't know, the world has changed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThe power seems to be, so far up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]Ab[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe man on the street ain't got a clue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe high top cats, runnin' your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Ab[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThinks the problem is uh, me and you[/tab]\r\n\r\n(piano solo)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBorn in a time, that has gone by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe old tell the young what to do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHave you heard the news, that's going 'round [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe problem is the man in charge of you [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe problem is the man in charge of you[/tab]\r\n\r\n(guitar solo)\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThe power seems to be, so far up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe man on the street ain't got a clue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]Ab[/ch]     [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe high top cats, runnin' your life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Ab[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThinks the problem is, me and you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]                     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHave you heard the news, that's a goin' 'round here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe man in charge has to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe man in charge has got to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThe man in charge got to go[/tab]","plain_text":"\"The Problem\" by J.J. Cale \nFrom the album \"To Tulsa and Back\"\n\nPerformance notes: True to the laid back \"Tulsa Sound\" \nhe helped to create, Cale plays slightly behind the beat.\nThis can be accomplished by strumming down and up normally,\nbut accenting the upstroke only. All solos are played \nover the intro/verse chords, except for the last solo\nwhere it passes through the Eb F Bb Ab Eb progression\ntoward the end of it.\n\n[Intro] \nBb  Ab  Eb  Bb  Bb  Ab  Bb (2x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(piano solo)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(guitar solo)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEb  F  Bb  Ab  Eb","chords":["Eb","F","Bb","Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}