{"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":998054,"song":"Becketts Back Forty","artist":"Rio Grand","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625383-becketts-back-forty-chords-by-rio-grand/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/998054?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[ch]Fmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]:0\r\n[ch]B[/ch]:1\r\n[ch]G[/ch]:2\r\n[ch]D[/ch]:3\r\n[ch]A[/ch]:x\r\n[ch]E[/ch]:x\r\n\r\n(Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.) \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Cadd9[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn Knox County nobody was famous[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Cadd9[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nJust a map dot that people passed through[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody grew Corn and tomatoes, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch](Begin strum pattern. I use [ch]D[/ch]-DU-UDU.)\r\nAt least as far as we knew[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOld man Beckett on 200    acres[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom sunup till sundown he worked[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nJust like the rest of our neighbors [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe seemed like the salt of the earth[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBut we all knew something was different[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the market hit bottom that year[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhile the rest of the county was starvin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe brought home a brand new John Deere[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell that rumor mill started churning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown at the Lucky Dog Cafe[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd it spread thru our Church Congregation[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he threw a grand in the plate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHad his lotto numbers gone lucky[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr did some rich relative die[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere on God's earth did he get the money[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo install that Jacuzzi outside[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nKey Change to A\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                  \r\nOne night after fishin with all of the fellas [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nCuriosity got the best of us.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo we crept thru his corn rows with flashlights and high hopes[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTo see what the truth really was[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill we were stopped by a shot from his gun, run[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nWe scattered in every direction[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nGrateful to get out alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat happened that night was never mentioned[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill the day they arrived[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWith helicopters and squad cars[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey completely surrounded his place[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThey cut down all of his cash crops[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI can still see the shame on his face[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs they hauled him away in those handcuffs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor growin' what he shouldn't grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nHe said \"Careful kids one day you'll end up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReapin' the seeds that you sew[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Strum once for the last verse)\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn Knox County nobody was famous[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nJust a map dot that people passed through[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverybody grew corn and tomatoes, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAt least as far as we knew[/tab]","plain_text":"Fmaj7\n\nE:0\nB:1\nG:2\nD:3\nA:x\nE:x\n\n(Strum once for each of the chords in the first verse.) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey Change to A\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Strum once for the last verse)","chords":["Fmaj7","E","B","G","D","A","Cadd9","C","Em","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}