{"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":2860418,"song":"Twelve Mile Road","artist":"Dave Stamey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11646569-twelve-mile-road-chords-by-dave-stamey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2860418?type=chord","rating":4.79464,"votes":15,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere’s an old gravel road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfollowing the section line,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nout where lives are held together[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith sweat and baling twine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhere you rattle your bones on a tractor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nover thirty years old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand there’s a mortgage and kids to be fed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout on Twelve Mile Road.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a stretch of country[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe wind comes blowing through.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Homesteaders starved out and blew away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow there’s nobody out here but you.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you know someday it’s gonna turn around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut Lord, it turns so slow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand it ain’t rained since April[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout on Twelve Mile Road.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on Twelve mile Road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlord it turns so slow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHanging on to a ragged dream,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout on Twelve Mile Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou raise some hay, a few head of cows,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyou swing a hammer in town.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou do everything you can by God do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto keep your feet on the ground.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n‘Cuz if a man works hard enough[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe can turn that straw into gold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOr ain’t that how it’s supposed to be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout on Twelve Mile Road?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on Twelve mile Road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlord it turns so slow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHanging on to a ragged dream,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout on Twelve Mile Road[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou hope for the day when the air is clean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe fences all run true,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nall of your worries have vanished like smoke,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nall the hard times are through.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou’ll look down from the top of a hill[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand your dreams'll be there to hold.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAin’t that the way it’s supposed to be,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on Twelve Mile Road?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on Twelve mile Road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlord it turns so slow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHanging on to a ragged dream,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout on Twelve Mile Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut on Twelve mile Road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nlord it turns so slow.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd it ain't rained since April,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nout on Twelve Mile Road[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}