{"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":912139,"song":"Growing Trade","artist":"Levon Helm","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11610010-growing-trade-chords-by-levon-helm/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/912139?type=chord","rating":4.68978,"votes":9,"content":"(intro)\r\n\r\n[tab]D--7---7---7--------------7---7--7-9-\r\nA--7h9---9-7--9-7---7-9---7h9---9----  F#m  E\r\nE---------------7h9-----9------------[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI worked the land to raise a family[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Till I was weary to the bone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut hard labour never bothered me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLord, it's all I ever known[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nToo many seasons of calamity[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd too much interest on the loan[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's half the size as it used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd half of that is stone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe crops ain't worth a-seeding[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTimber only gets you fire[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe live-stock I'm a-feeding[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]   \r\nI can hardly keep 'em alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI gotta do what I can to survive[/tab]\r\n\r\n(chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI know the law wont be forgiving[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut that'll be the choice I made[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI used to farm for a living[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut now I'm in the growing trade[/tab]\r\n\r\n(intro riff)\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe summer beauty of the cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas like a view from heaven's door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy grandaddy said that harvest time[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas what the good lord made us for[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI guess he'd wonder where's the dignity[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn a crop you raise to burn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut this land is my legacy[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI got nowhere else to turn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShotgun on my shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere a tote sack oughta be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe theives are getting bolder[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the feds may be watching me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI gotta quit this eventually[/tab]\r\n\r\n(chorus)\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI know the law wont be forgiving[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut that'll be the choice I made[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI used to farm for a living[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut now I'm in the growing trade[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHelicopters in the distance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGetting closer every day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey're gonna meet some resistance[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAin't no price too big to pay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt won't make any difference,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen they take it all away,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBetween the cot in the jailhouse[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd a bed beneath the clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI guess there's nothing to do now but pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n(chorus)","plain_text":"(intro)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(intro riff)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(chorus)","chords":["D","A","F#m","E","Bm","G","Esus4","Asus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}