{"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":777891,"song":"Murder On My Mind","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11591110-murder-on-my-mind-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/777891?type=chord","rating":0.01659,"votes":0,"content":"Ok so the song is pretty simple just uses\r\nthe D G and A and follows the same chord structure \r\nthrough most of the song cept for the second and third verse...\r\nbut even then its not that big a deviation! \r\nThis was Josh's first song and my first tab so if there are any mistakes I'm sorry!\r\n\r\nMurder On My Mind \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nI'm awful sad to say [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nThat my partner died last week [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd I'm so shook up inside, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI can barely even speak, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nI don't know how he died [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nIt all came as such a shock...... [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut i suspect he started feeling ill [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWhen i hit him with a rock [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nWe where partners in a claim [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nUp in gold hill Idaho, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd we'd yet to find something [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch] \r\nGolden except the yellow snow,(first song) [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nMy partner joe god bless his soul [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHad hit the mother load [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\n\"Well I'll use my gold\" said my partner Joe [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nTo get my education [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd if any is left when I am through [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI'll give it to sick children [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nWell i thought that Joe was crazy [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nFor to hear him talk like that..... [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nSo i decided it was best for joe [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIf he took a little nap [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo i picked up a big old piece of gold, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I hit joe on the head, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd joe shut his weary eyes, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd lay down on the rocky bed, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"you take some rest my faithful friend\" [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid i as joe lay down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd let me load this wagon [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith the gold that you have found. [/tab]\r\n\r\n(This is my first song I'm not proud)\r\n\r\nSo like the true friend that i was \r\nI loaded up the ore \r\nWhile my partner joe lay silently \r\nsleeping on the floor \r\nAnd when the gold was loaded \r\nAnd i was set to get to town..... \r\nI tried to wake my sleepy friend \r\nBut he refused to come around. \r\n\r\n\"Well if that don't wake you up, \r\nI know something that just might\" \r\nSaid I as i lit up \r\nA few sticks of dynamite, \r\nI settle down and waited, \r\nFor them to wake Joe from his dream.... \r\nBut alas i put the sticks to close and Joe blew to smithereens, \r\n\r\nAnd if Joes luck wasnt bad enough \r\nHe lay close toe the mine, \r\nAnd when the dynamite went off, \r\nhe was covered by mountain slime, \r\nAlas said I \"all evidence \r\nIs gone of poor Joe's life.... \r\nAll that left is a ton of gold \r\nAnd a little less dynamite, \r\n\r\nSo now Joe rests in pieces, \r\nAnd i on a water bed, \r\nBut it doesnt bother me a bit, \r\nThat my partner joe is dead, \r\nFor while some people might say \r\nThat miner got the shaft.....(first song) \r\nI'm the only one that knows \r\nThat Old Joe had a blast \r\n\r\nHope it sounds ok!\r\nSuperdoor","plain_text":"Ok so the song is pretty simple just uses\nthe D G and A and follows the same chord structure \nthrough most of the song cept for the second and third verse...\nbut even then its not that big a deviation! \nThis was Josh's first song and my first tab so if there are any mistakes I'm sorry!\n\nMurder On My Mind \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(This is my first song I'm not proud)\n\nSo like the true friend that i was \nI loaded up the ore \nWhile my partner joe lay silently \nsleeping on the floor \nAnd when the gold was loaded \nAnd i was set to get to town..... \nI tried to wake my sleepy friend \nBut he refused to come around. \n\n\"Well if that don't wake you up, \nI know something that just might\" \nSaid I as i lit up \nA few sticks of dynamite, \nI settle down and waited, \nFor them to wake Joe from his dream.... \nBut alas i put the sticks to close and Joe blew to smithereens, \n\nAnd if Joes luck wasnt bad enough \nHe lay close toe the mine, \nAnd when the dynamite went off, \nhe was covered by mountain slime, \nAlas said I \"all evidence \nIs gone of poor Joe's life.... \nAll that left is a ton of gold \nAnd a little less dynamite, \n\nSo now Joe rests in pieces, \nAnd i on a water bed, \nBut it doesnt bother me a bit, \nThat my partner joe is dead, \nFor while some people might say \nThat miner got the shaft.....(first song) \nI'm the only one that knows \nThat Old Joe had a blast \n\nHope it sounds ok!\nSuperdoor","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}