{"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":842993,"song":"Modern Day Prodigal Son","artist":"Brantley Gilbert","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11600074-modern-day-prodigal-son-chords-by-brantley-gilbert/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/842993?type=chord","rating":4.81724,"votes":52,"content":"[Capo on 1st fret]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI set out one night in the fast lane bound for freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nin a truck that daddy bought me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand money mom had saved for school[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI laid down all my books and picked up the drinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nhell I let 'em down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen i gave up like a fool[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nand one reckless night just lookin' for my whiskey[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI found a bible mama gave me and read a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI read a story 'bout a man who lived just like me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthen finally ate his pride and came runnin' home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nlord I'm a renegade, a rambler[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've squandered all I've owned[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\na bonified runaway, I'm a gambler[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncan't count the lies I've told[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand I need redemption, how 'bout forgiveness[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand I pray for open arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'cause I'm comin' home, like a modern day prodigal son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI had all of my things packed by early mornin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI left that bottle I'd lost right there on the bathroom floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI stopped at a payphone and called back home to mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyeh she might not even talk after all I've done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nthe phone rang twice before I got an answer[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand mama nearly dropped the phone when she heard me say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI said mama it's your son and will yall have me[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nshe said son you know I've longed for this day [/tab]\r\n              \r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nlord I'm a renegade, a rambler[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've squandered all I've owned[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\na bonified runaway, I'm a gambler[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncan't count the lies I've told[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand I need redemption, how 'bout forgiveness[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand I pray for open arms, and be with me lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'cause I'm comin' home, like a modern day prodigal son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nlord I'm a renegade, a rambler[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI've squandered all I've owned[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\na bonified runaway, I'm a gambler[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncan't count the lies I've told[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand I need redemption, how 'bout forgiveness[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nand I pray for open arms, and be with me lord[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'cause I'm comin' home, like a modern day prodigal son[/tab]","plain_text":"[Capo on 1st fret]","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]}}}