{"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":2885591,"song":"The Wall","artist":"Jim Croce","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11650001-the-wall-chords-by-jim-croce/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2885591?type=chord","rating":4.20032,"votes":4,"content":"Jim Croce - The Wall (American Recording)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, there's lots of strange men in cell-block ten,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut the strangest of them all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwas a pal of mine who would spend his time[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\njust staring at the wall, staring at the wall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn his hand was a note that his gal had wrote,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhich proves that crime don't pay[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthe very same gal that h'd robbed and stole for,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnaming her wedding day, naming her wedding day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs he looked at the wall so strong and tall,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI heard him softly curse, \"nobody at all[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhas ever made that wall, but I'm gonna be the first,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna be the first.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell the Warden walked by, said \"Son don't try,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncause I'd hate to see you fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\ncause there ain't no doubt we're gonna carry you out[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nif you ever touch that wall, if you ever touch that wall.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut a year has gone by since he made his try;[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can still recall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhow hard he tried and the way he died,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut he never topped the wall, he never topped the wall.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMany a man who has shook this can,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I know a man who tried.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe newspapers called it a jailbreak plan,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nbut I know it was suicide; I know that it was suicide.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Song goes to \"Cotton Mouth River\")\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell I know that I shouldn't have done it[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know it just wasn't right[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause they got me backed up to the Cottonmouth river[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand I can't cross late at night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n they tell them time and again,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n never were heard from again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell if I had my life to live over,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd've gone to work that day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ninstead of going into town and shooting him down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nfor a thing I never heard him say.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey tell them time and again,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nabout the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnever were heard from again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I'd just made it through the canebreak[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nand got one foot in the mud.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI can hear the hounds a-bayin' but the snake around my ankle's[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntelling me my running days are done.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey tell them time and again,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nabout the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nnever were heard from again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Jim Croce - The Wall (American Recording)\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Song goes to \"Cotton Mouth River\")\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\nC F G C","chords":["C","G","F","Am"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}