{"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":1839996,"song":"Tears In The Holston River","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1839996-tears-in-the-holston-river-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1839996?type=chord","rating":4.81228,"votes":3,"content":"TEARS IN THE HOLSTON RIVER \r\nWritten & Recorded by: Johnny Cash \r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn October Twenty-Third, Nineteen Seventy-Eight [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI lost a loved one and I confess I cried [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the joyous cele-bration of the lady and her music [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears in the Holston River [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhen Maybelle Carter died [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen walking down that river road [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw crystal tear-shaped droplets           [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSilver beads of love sparklin' on the river side [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll just bet they turn to diamonds [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the love that was behind 'em [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears in the Holston River [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhen Mother Maybelle died [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen on Janu-ary  Eighth, Nineteen-Seventy-Nine [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe lost Sara Carter [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the pain was multi-plied [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown be-low that old Clinch Mountain [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe laid her at Mount Vernon [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears in the Holston River [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhen Sara Carter died [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen walking down that river road [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI saw crystal tear-shaped droplets [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSilver beads of love sparklin' on the river-side [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll just bet they turn to diamonds [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the love that was behind 'em [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears in the  Holston River [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhen Maybelle & Sara died [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears in the Holston River [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWhen Mother Maybelle and Sara Carter died [/tab]","plain_text":"TEARS IN THE HOLSTON RIVER \nWritten & Recorded by: Johnny Cash \nCapo 2\n\n[Intro]\nG C G C D G","chords":["G","C","D","G7"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}