{"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":2129589,"song":"The Good Earth","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129589-the-good-earth-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129589?type=chord","rating":4.41027,"votes":5,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe good earth swallows up the seed and swallows life as well [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nFrom long before the day you're born till heaven comes or hell [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt binds your hands with chains of clay those are so hard to break [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut when I left good earth behind I made a big mistake [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've traveled far and traveled wide I've seen a lot of things [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut looking back on all the years I don't know what they mean [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike steel I'm probably stronger From going through the fire [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI kept on climbin' lower Diggin' deeper to get higher [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI turned around one evening when the sun was going down [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI heard the Bible told a preacher who had just pulled into town [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt last I'm back on good earth where I should have always been [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLord forgive me if I ever try to leave good earth again [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell the good earth was my mama and my daddy too [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nNow I'm working my hands in soil tryin' to pay my due [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when I'll breathe my last breath which may not be too long [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust shovel a little good earth over my head [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTill everybody open up the hymn book and sing a happy song [/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShall we gather at the river in the sweet by and by [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nJust as I am Jesus loves me one of these days I'll fly [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm standing on the promises Lord build the place for me [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the good earth over Jordan by the Sea of Galilee mhm[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["C","Am","F","G","G7","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"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]}}}