{"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":1759410,"song":"Before My Time","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1759410-before-my-time-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1759410?type=chord","rating":4.66544,"votes":29,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI know that hearts were loving [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLong before I was here[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm not the first to ever cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn my bed or in my beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere were songs before there was radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf love that stays and love that goes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were writing melancholy tunes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd tearful words that rhyme[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore my time   before my time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were songs in old dusty books[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOf love that's always been[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSweet lovers in their glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho are now gone with the wind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld fashion love words spoken then[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nKeep coming back around again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNothings changed except the names[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTheir love burns just like mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore my time  before my time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd in the dim of yesterday[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can clearly see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat flesh and blood cried out to someone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAs it does in me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there was some old song that said[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI love you till I die[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore my time  before my time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut what the old time masters had[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIs what I feel for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]               \r\nLove is love and doesn't change[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a century or two[/tab]\r\n\r\n[End]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf someway they had seen and knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHow it would be for me and you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey'd wish for love like yours[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd they would wish for love like mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore my time  before my time[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[End]","chords":["G","D7","C","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}