{"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":932318,"song":"The Straight Life","artist":"Bobby Goldsboro","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11613250-the-straight-life-chords-by-bobby-goldsboro/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/932318?type=chord","rating":4.79805,"votes":11,"content":"The Straight Life:Bobby Goldsboro.\r\n#36 in 12968.\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (2x) \r\n \r\n#1. \r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nSometimes I imagine myself as a drifter, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nseeker of fortunes, connoisseur of great wines. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nDashing through meadows of yellow and green, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\ntrying to catch the impossible dream, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nleaving the straight life be..hind. [/tab]\r\n \r\n#2. \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nSometimes my thoughts may find me in Mexico, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\ndrinking tequila, going out of my mind. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHaving a ball on a couple of bob, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\ntreating the ladies to corn on the cob, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nleaving the straight life be..hind. [/tab]\r\n \r\nCHORUS: \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nSuddenly all my silly thoughts disappear, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nshe comes to me softly with crackers and beer, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nwinking and blinking and blowin' in my ear, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nrunning away with my mi..nd. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIt's great to be in love, I'm not really thinking of, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nleaving the straight life be..hind, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI'm just playing a game in my mind. [/tab]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDo n' do do do do do do do do do....do n' do do do do do do do do do. [/tab]\r\n \r\n#3. \r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nOnce in a while in my mind I go bummin’, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\ngoing to nowhere, with no worry of time. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nRunning along chasing after a train, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nhumming a song in the sun and the rain, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nleaving the straight life be...hind. [/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] \r\nI can just see me on a tropical island, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nriding the surf and drinking coconut wine. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHaving me fun with golden girls in the sand, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nchasing the sun through an innocent land, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nleaving the straight life be..hind. [/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS: \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] \r\nSuddenly all my silly thoughts disappear, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nshe comes to me softly with crackers and beer, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nwinking and blinking and blowin' in my ear, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] \r\nrunning away with my mi..nd. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nIt's great to be in love, I'm not really thinking of, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nleaving the straight life be..hind, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI'm just playing a game in my mind. [/tab]\r\n \r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nDo n' do do do do do do do do do....do n' do do do do do do do do do. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba....ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.(Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"The Straight Life:Bobby Goldsboro.\n#36 in 12968.\n\nINTRO: D C (2x) \n \n#1. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n#2. \n\n\n\n\n\n \nCHORUS: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n#3. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["D","C","D7","F#","Bm","E","A","G","Em","A7","F#m","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}