{"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":817616,"song":"The Old Purple Tin","artist":"Alabama 3","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11596236-the-old-purple-tin-chords-by-alabama-3/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/817616?type=chord","rating":4.65453,"votes":28,"content":"[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                  \r\nI lived with my momma 'til I was sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld time religion, the sweetest of dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd now that I'm aging my conscience is dimmed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn my left hand the Bible, in my right hand an old purple tin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nI went to the doctor 'cause I was unwell[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said 'My boy, you all shot to hell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm gon' write you a prescription for some pure heroin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I traded that succour for a six pack of that old purple tin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old purple tin, the old purple tin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSweet testament Lord to the state that I'm in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've drunk it all day and I've drunk it all night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old purple tin, Oh Lord, lights up my life[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]               \r\nI am in prison, the light never shines[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't see my Bible so dark is the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for letters that never get sent[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll my brothers and sisters on the corner with that old purple tin[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old purple tin, the old purple tin[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSweet testament Lord (sweet nine percent Lord) to the state that I'm in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've drunk it all day and I've drunk it all night[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old purple tin, Oh Lord, lights up my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old purple tin, Oh Lord, lights up my life[/tab]","plain_text":"CHORUS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS","chords":["C","F","Am","G"],"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]},"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]}}}