{"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":1749902,"song":"Hard To Be An Outlaw","artist":"Willie Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1749902-hard-to-be-an-outlaw-chords-by-willie-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1749902?type=chord","rating":4.66494,"votes":21,"content":"Willie Nelson - Hard to be an Outlaw\r\n\r\nStandard tuning, no capo.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nShe was cuter than a speckled pup just turned 21.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe had a lot of fun playing with my gun.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                               [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nJust before the sun came up she couldn't take no more.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe came undone crying, crawling for the door.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the only friends that's left is them behind that swinging door.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to keep your trying when your back is to the floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThe record people nowadays keep spinnin' round and round.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSongs about the backroads that they never have been down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThey go and call it country, but that ain't the way it sounds.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's enough to make a renegade want to terrorize the town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the only friends that's left is them behind that swinging door.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to keep your trying when your back is to the floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n|([ch]Am[/ch])   | [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]E7[/ch]    | [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]Dm[/ch]    |\r\n| [ch]Am[/ch]    | [ch]E7[/ch] | [ch]Am[/ch]    |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhite lightning is the horse I ride pedal to the floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe blows fire from his nostrils and runs like Man-O-War.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSomeday we both may wind up in some junkyard on the side.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUntil that day you can bet your ass we're gonna win that ride.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the only friends that's left is them behind that swinging door.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to keep your trying when your back is to the floor.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard to be an outlaw who ain't wanted anymore.[/tab]","plain_text":"Willie Nelson - Hard to be an Outlaw\n\nStandard tuning, no capo.\n\n\n[Intro]\nAm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n|(Am)   | Am E7 |\n| E7    | E7 Am |\n| Am    | Dm    |\n| Am    | E7 | Am    |\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","E7","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}