{"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":2753241,"song":"Ghost Of Guy Clark","artist":"Aaron Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11630193-ghost-of-guy-clark-chords-by-aaron-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2753241?type=chord","rating":4.91823,"votes":9,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old man was sitting on the tailgate of a '62 Ford flatbed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C2/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Picking on an old guitar, he looked at me and he said, \"The engine's dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was a good run son,\" as he strummed a melancholy chord[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Now I've got nothing but time to kill until the coming of the Lord\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, he played me a few songs, one about a Randall knife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C2/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n One about a train, one about the pain of losing the love of his life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe took a puff of that cigarette, blew a breath of smoke that could smother[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said \"They always said these would kill me and they did,\" then he laughed and he lit another[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I hear that you write songs boy, play me one that I might know\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C2/B[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n So I sang him my latest and greatest hit and number one on music row[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe stopped me before I could finish the verse, said \"I think I've heard enough of that[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you've heard one you've heard em all,\" with a grimace of a grin he took his old guitar back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I guess that's alright if that's all you've got to give[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C2/B[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf that's all you've got to say in this one life you've got to live[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's no meaning in your melody so predictable and weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasted words and shallow rhymes, I'd rather hear a woman cuss me a blue streak\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"You see, the pencil to the pad is like the bullet to the gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C2/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe pen is mightier than the sword if the words are forged from fire from the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7/G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYet some do it for the fame, the fun, the money and all the glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYet some do it for their weary soul, won't rest until they tell their story\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"You gotta make 'em feel what you feel, help 'em dream a dream and make 'em wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C2/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's like catchin' lightning in a bottle, make 'em smell the rain and hear the thunder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7/G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n Let 'em taste the tears of joy or the bittersweet taste of sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFind the passion in a four letter word or a Sunday morning Amen\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen he flicked his ashes and he pointed at my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSaid, \"If you're searching for solid gold, that'd be a real good place to start[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLet the words speak for themselves, tell the truth, right or wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd bare your soul for all to see, all for the sake of the song\"[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nC\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["C","C2/B","Am","F","Am7/G"],"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}