{"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":799425,"song":"The Boy Down The Road","artist":"Seals & Crofts","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11593810-the-boy-down-the-road-chords-by-seals-crofts/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/799425?type=chord","rating":4.57339,"votes":11,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Amaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLong long ago in a house up the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLived a maiden so beautiful.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDay after day she looked the same old way[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAs the sun shone off her hair of gold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSomeday I would go there and ask for her hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust as soon as I become a man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge Instrumental with Mandolin Solo]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Amaj7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the afternoon she'd sit in the shade[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]B7[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd wave as I watched from down the road.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTime after time I wished my head to lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn her arms and at last she would know.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen one day a stranger came to call[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd took her far away from down the road.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI watched 'til the dusk from the fields down below,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut in vain for the night began to fall.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen came the message that summoned me to town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd my knees gave way to the ground.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge and Mandolin Solo]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]Amaj7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSpoken: They say that this message came with her dying breath,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe very last words she ever spoke:[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G/F#[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Give my love to the boy down the road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd tell him not to cry, for I know.......know......\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAmaj7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge Instrumental with Mandolin Solo]\nC F A Dm  D\nF Dm G C\nA Amaj7 A\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge and Mandolin Solo]\nC F A Dm  D\nF Dm G C\nA Amaj7 A\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["Amaj7","A","Am","G","G/F#","Em","B7","C","F","Dm","D","E7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Amaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,1,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,1,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"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]}}}