{"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":2129679,"song":"Cisco Clifton Had A Fillin Station","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129679-cisco-clifton-had-a-fillin-station-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129679?type=chord","rating":0.03125,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                        \r\nCisco Clifton had a fillin' station About a mile and a half from town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMost cars passed unless they were out of gas So Cisco was always around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                           \r\nRegular gas was all that it sold Except tobacco matches and oil[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                      [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOther than that he fixed lots of flats Keepin' Cisco rough hands soiled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'd wipe the gas and check the air In a hundred times a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe patiently gave directions On how to get to the state highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nUsually he'd give 'em water Or a tire or two some air[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd once a big black Cadillac Spent seven dollars there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'd give anybody anything they'd ask And lend anything he had[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis tools are tires bumper jacks or wire To the good ones or the bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn wintertime there was a depot stove And a table for a checker game[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd every mornin' at sunup The same checker players came[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo Cisco Clifton's fillin' station Was always in the red[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nPersonal loans were personally gone But never a word was said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nOne mornin' at eight, them checker players Heard a big bulldozer roar like a freight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd Cisco said I hope my kids stay fed When they build that Interstate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'd managed to pay for property Where his little fillin' station sat[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd friends still came for checker game So Cisco settled for that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe wouldn't say so but Cisco knew That the Interstate was too much to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut to keep his will and to pay his bills He did odd jobs at night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe still opened up at sunrise And the checker game went on[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                         [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe cars flew past on highest gas And the neighbors had sold out and gone[/tab]\r\n\r\nIf a car ever did go by he was lost\r\n\r\nAnd if they stopped they were treated the same\r\n[tab]                                                  [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo at Cisco Clifton's fillin' station There's a howdy and a checker game[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIf a car ever did go by he was lost\n\nAnd if they stopped they were treated the same","chords":["A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}