{"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":874708,"song":"John Wilkes Booth","artist":"Tony Rice","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11604269-john-wilkes-booth-chords-by-tony-rice/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/874708?type=chord","rating":4.12193,"votes":5,"content":"JOHN WILKES BOOTH\r\n(Mary Chapin Carpenter)\r\nCapo 1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJohn Wilkes Booth was a southern man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSon of an actor in Maryland,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBound for fortune on a gas-lit stage,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBound to die at a tender age.[/tab]\r\n\r\nWashington to Baltimore,\r\nHe played the bills and he slept with whores,\r\nAnd he burned inside with a hatred deep\r\nFor the man who caused the south to weep.\r\n\r\nYoung Abe Lincoln wasn't young no more,\r\nTired old man when he won the war,\r\nAnd he dreamed at night of his death by the hand\r\nOf a bitter world and a faceless man\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he saw his body in a ghastly dream,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDraped in black while his widow screamed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTwo silver dollars on his eyelids lay.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAbraham Lincoln has died today.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCHORUS: They said there were five and they said there were ten.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome say there was never more than just one man.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho would smile to see Mr. Lincoln dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn the name of God and Dixie,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nIn the name of God and Dixie Land.[/tab]\r\n\r\nJohn Wilkes Booth and his band of men\r\nThey'd failed before but would try again.\r\nWhen Good Friday dawned with a fickle sun,\r\nThen Booth declared the day had come.\r\n\r\nThe word was passed and the guns were brought,\r\nDown to Mary Sarrat's boarding house.\r\nSealed in a note, Booth named just four,\r\nBut the gallows would sway with many more.\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\nJohn Wilkes Booth went to his grave\r\nWith a bullet in his neck and a broken leg,\r\nA patriot and his fantasy\r\nOf redemption, grace, and bravery.\r\n\r\nAnd those who hanged and those who spent\r\nTheir lives behind a jailer's fence,\r\nOnly Booth could have set them free\r\nFrom the taint of the conspiracy.\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n\r\nIn the name of God and Dixie\r\nIn the name of God and Dixie land","plain_text":"JOHN WILKES BOOTH\n(Mary Chapin Carpenter)\nCapo 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWashington to Baltimore,\nHe played the bills and he slept with whores,\nAnd he burned inside with a hatred deep\nFor the man who caused the south to weep.\n\nYoung Abe Lincoln wasn't young no more,\nTired old man when he won the war,\nAnd he dreamed at night of his death by the hand\nOf a bitter world and a faceless man\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Wilkes Booth and his band of men\nThey'd failed before but would try again.\nWhen Good Friday dawned with a fickle sun,\nThen Booth declared the day had come.\n\nThe word was passed and the guns were brought,\nDown to Mary Sarrat's boarding house.\nSealed in a note, Booth named just four,\nBut the gallows would sway with many more.\n\nCHORUS\n\nJohn Wilkes Booth went to his grave\nWith a bullet in his neck and a broken leg,\nA patriot and his fantasy\nOf redemption, grace, and bravery.\n\nAnd those who hanged and those who spent\nTheir lives behind a jailer's fence,\nOnly Booth could have set them free\nFrom the taint of the conspiracy.\n\nCHORUS\n\nIn the name of God and Dixie\nIn the name of God and Dixie land","chords":["C","F","Dm","G","Am","Em","A"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}