{"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":1894421,"song":"Born And Raised In Black And White","artist":"The Highwaymen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1894421-born-and-raised-in-black-and-white-chords-by-the-highwaymen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1894421?type=chord","rating":4.88915,"votes":40,"content":"Songwriters: Cook, Don; Jarvis, John Barlow\r\nArtists: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe wind blows hard across the Texas plains[/tab]\r\n\r\nMakes some people go insane\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile others quietly pray for rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat's where we came from[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTwo boys playin' in the burnin' sun[/tab]\r\n\r\nOne with books, one with guns\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMama calls, but just one comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe other one runs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the christian sense of wrong and right[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]     \r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOne learned to pray, one learned to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in the black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBrother took to the gospel road[/tab]\r\n\r\nSpent his whole life savin' souls\r\n[tab]        [ch]C#m[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen he looked at me, his blood ran cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe didn't even try[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI had no dreams, I had no plans[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut a gun felt good in my right hand\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe warden asked, \"How come you killed that man\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI said, \"I don't know why\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Welcome home,\" said the hot moonlight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOne lives to pray, one prays for life[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]B[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSomeone handed me a cigarette[/tab]\r\n\r\nThey offered me my last request\r\n[tab]  [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI asked my mortal soul be blessed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBy someone close to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe came to me with trembling hands[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe swore he'd never understand\r\n[tab]  [ch]C#m[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI said, \"It's just what life had planned\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's destiny[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDon't waste your tears on me tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C#m[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI chose the dark, you chased the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe were born and raised in black and white[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWind blows hard across the Texas plains[/tab]\r\n\r\nMakes some people go insane\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]   \r\nWhile others quietly pray for rain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Songwriters: Cook, Don; Jarvis, John Barlow\nArtists: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson\n\n[Intro]\nE A E A E A E A\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\nMakes some people go insane\n\n\n\n\n\nOne with books, one with guns\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\nSpent his whole life savin' souls\n\n\n\n\n\nBut a gun felt good in my right hand\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD A D A E B E \nD A D A B\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\nThey offered me my last request\n\n\n\n\n\nHe swore he'd never understand\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\nMakes some people go insane\n\n\n[Outro]\nA E A E A 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