{"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":1854830,"song":"Boss Man","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1854830-boss-man-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1854830?type=chord","rating":4.8594,"votes":13,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - Boss Man\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\nBoss Man, Boss Man what do you say \r\nGotta get you alone in the mine some day \r\nBoss Man, Boss Man turn it around \r\nIf you don't look away, how can I sit down\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook at this load upon my back [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGotta get this wheel back on the track [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI can't hold on, but I can't let go [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't say 'yes', I can't say 'no'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHoles in my pockets and holes in my shoes [/tab]\r\nIf you're ready for me I'm-a ready for you \r\nThe company plan takes all my pay \r\nGot a child in July and another last May\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBoss Man, Boss Man what do you say [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGotta get you alone in the mine some day [/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPush your face down in the coal [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause you got no heart you got no soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5:]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCountry life's the life for me [/tab]\r\nIn ten more years I'll a pensioner be \r\nThe young lad knows when the girls are out \r\nWhy you might say he's a rural sprout\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6:]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBoss Man, Boss Man what do you say [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGotta get you alone in the mine some day [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBoss Man, Boss Man clear the track [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou're gonna tear the skin right offa my back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 7:]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBoss Man, Boss Man what do you say [/tab]\r\nIf you can't lend a hand then get outta my way \r\nIt'll be murder in the first degree \r\nIf you ever lay your hands on me\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 8:]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBoss Man, Boss Man pay my rent [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause the dollar I've earned is the dollar I've spent [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe company plan takes all my check [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor breaking my back and risking my neck[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 9:]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBoss Man, Boss Man what do you say [/tab]\r\nI gotta get you alone in the mine some day \r\nI can't hold on, but I can't let go \r\nAnd I can't say 'yes', I can't say 'no'\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO:]      (## fade to end ##)\r\n         [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - Boss Man\n\n\nCAPO: 2nd Fret\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] D\n\n[VERSE 1:]\nBoss Man, Boss Man what do you say \nGotta get you alone in the mine some day \nBoss Man, Boss Man turn it around \nIf you don't look away, how can I sit down\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\nIf you're ready for me I'm-a ready for you \nThe company plan takes all my pay \nGot a child in July and another last May\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5:]\n\nIn ten more years I'll a pensioner be \nThe young lad knows when the girls are out \nWhy you might say he's a rural sprout\n\n\n[VERSE 6:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 7:]\n\nIf you can't lend a hand then get outta my way \nIt'll be murder in the first degree \nIf you ever lay your hands on me\n\n\n[VERSE 8:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 9:]\n\nI gotta get you alone in the mine some day \nI can't hold on, but I can't let go \nAnd I can't say 'yes', I can't say 'no'\n\n\n[OUTRO:]      (## fade to end ##)\n         E","chords":["D","A","G","C","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}