{"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":704064,"song":"Jack Johnson","artist":"This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11582774-jack-johnson-chords-by-this-bike-is-a-pipe-bomb/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/704064?type=chord","rating":0.02353,"votes":0,"content":"[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave you heard about Jack Johnson, hes a hero in this land.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI don't like to sing about boxing but I hope you'll understand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nIt was the 1st year they gave the heavyweight title to a black man,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand in 1908 it ain't so easy.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was born right after slavery died, right after reconstruction died,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe was born right after none of that stuff really died.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt never died at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]           \r\nHe would walk down the streets wearing gold and diamonds,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nalways hold his head up high.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]         \r\nAnd he never had to say yes sir or no sir to the white folks as they passed [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhim by,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nor as he passed them by.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo the great white hope was pulled out of retirement[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto nurse the bruised and damaged white pride.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when Johnson beat him down there wasn't a man around at his side.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when the fight was over, there was beatings and murders.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe worst race riot this country has seen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all because they didn't want a black man.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll because they didn't want a black man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey couldn't stand to see a black man winning in their ring.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, who said heroes have to be role models?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho said heroes have to be role models?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho said heroes have to be role models, anyway?[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","Am","G","F","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"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]}}}