{"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":1787937,"song":"Kneeling Drunkards Plea","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1787937-kneeling-drunkards-plea-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1787937?type=chord","rating":4.52511,"votes":23,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas the kneeling drunkard's plea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as he knelt there on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know that God in Heaven looked down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI went down by an old country church[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw the drunkard stagger and lurch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as he reached his mother's grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw that drunkard kneel and pray[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas the kneeling drunkard's plea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as he knelt there on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know that God in Heaven looked down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBring my darling boy to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas his mothers dying plea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as he staggered through the gate[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlas he came just one day too late[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThree years have passed since she went away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHer son is sleeping beside her today[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I know that in heaven his mother he'll see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor God has heard that drunkard's plea[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLord have mercy on me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas the kneeling drunkard's plea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd as he knelt there on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know that God in Heaven looked down [/tab]","plain_text":"C   F   C   G7 C","chords":["C","G7","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}