{"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":2118953,"song":"Ballad Of Fourty Dollars","artist":"Waylon Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2118953-ballad-of-fourty-dollars-chords-by-waylon-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2118953?type=chord","rating":4.86019,"votes":4,"content":"Performed By Waylon And Johnny Cash\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] (Waylon) \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                                                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe man that preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                      [ch]D[/ch] \r\nHe laid down to rest one afternoon and never opened up his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey hired me and Fred and Joe to dig the grave and carry up some chairs[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                            [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nIt took us seven hours and i guess we must have drunk a case of beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2](Johnny) \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                                                   [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI guess i ought to go and watch them put him down but i don't own a suit[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd anyway when they start talkin' about the fire in hell i get spooked[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo let's just sit here in the truck and act like we don't know him when they pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnyway,when they're all through we got to go to work and mow the grass[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3](Waylon then Johnny)\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                                                [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHere they come and who's that riding in that big old shiney limousine[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                                                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLook at all that chrome i do believe that that's the sharpest thing i've seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat must belong to his rich uncle someone said he owned a big old farm[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                                                                      [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nWhen they get parked let's mosey down and look it over that won't do no harm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4](Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                                               [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nThat must be the widow in the car and won't you take a look at that[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                                                               [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThat sure is a pretty dress you know some women do look good in black[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe's not even in the ground and they tell me his truck is up for sale[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]B[/ch]                                                                    [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThey say she took it pretty hard but you can't tell too much behind a veil[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5](Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nListen ain't that pretty when a bugler plays a military taps[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                                                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI think when you were in the war they always hide and play a song like that[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell here we are and there he goes and i guess that you might call it our bad luck[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                                                  [ch]E[/ch]   \r\nI hope he rests in peace but the trouble is the fellow owes us forty bucks[/tab]","plain_text":"Performed By Waylon And Johnny Cash\n\n[Verse 1] (Waylon) \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2](Johnny) \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3](Waylon then Johnny)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4](Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5](Waylon then Johnny) (A tone higher)","chords":["D","G","A","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}