{"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":931767,"song":"Shane And Dixie","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613181-shane-and-dixie-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/931767?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks[/tab]\r\nThey wanted to be famous like you read in books\r\n[tab]\t\t\t\t\t\t  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs a bank robber Shane really was no use[/tab]\r\nHe'd end up likely at the end of the noose\r\n[tab]\t\t\t\t\t\t      [ch]E[/ch]\t\r\nWhich was fine by Shane if the papers could use the story[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t       [ch]A[/ch]\t\t[ch]E[/ch]\r\nFame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t        [ch]A[/ch]\t\t[ch]E[/ch]\r\nFame and love, fame and love, fame and love will never die[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNever die, never die[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell Shane says to Dixie \"We're getting nowhere\r\nI've a fine idea if you love me, swear\r\nWe'll be household names if we only dare, forever.\r\nHere's two bullets in my old carbine\r\nOne is yours and the other is mine\r\nThey'll find us there at the scene of the crime together\"\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\n[tab]\t [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\t    [ch]F#m[/ch]\t      [ch]A[/ch]\t\r\nWell she screams, she swears, she tears her hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSaying \"Shane, this time you've lost your mind\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nShane took aim with the sixteen bore\r\nDixie lay dying down there on the floor\r\nShane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired\r\nShane says \"Lord, what have I done\r\nBut this victory is only halfway won\"\r\nHe put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nThey found the bodies when the neighbours complained\r\nShane was all over the walls like paint\r\nDixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely\r\nWell they saved her life, they were just in time\r\nShe turned her back on a life of crime\r\nAnd she married the man who came to type out her story\r\n\r\nThe News of the Screws most generously gave\r\nThe money helped to pay for Shane's new grave\r\nIt looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over\r\nAnd time took its toll and the weeds grew high\r\nIt hid Shane's grave from the curious eye\r\nOr maybe that's why we forget those lines he told us\r\n\r\nChorus\r","plain_text":"They wanted to be famous like you read in books\n\n\nHe'd end up likely at the end of the noose\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\nWell Shane says to Dixie \"We're getting nowhere\nI've a fine idea if you love me, swear\nWe'll be household names if we only dare, forever.\nHere's two bullets in my old carbine\nOne is yours and the other is mine\nThey'll find us there at the scene of the crime together\"\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\nShane took aim with the sixteen bore\nDixie lay dying down there on the floor\nShane was shaken but his purpose was more inspired\nShane says \"Lord, what have I done\nBut this victory is only halfway won\"\nHe put the barrel underneath his tongue and fired\n\nChorus\n\nThey found the bodies when the neighbours complained\nShane was all over the walls like paint\nDixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but surely\nWell they saved her life, they were just in time\nShe turned her back on a life of crime\nAnd she married the man who came to type out her story\n\nThe News of the Screws most generously gave\nThe money helped to pay for Shane's new grave\nIt looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it over\nAnd time took its toll and the weeds grew high\nIt hid Shane's grave from the curious eye\nOr maybe that's why we forget those lines he told us\n\nChorus","chords":["A","E","D","F#m","B7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}