{"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":2129859,"song":"Ringling Ringling","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129859-ringling-ringling-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129859?type=chord","rating":4.77685,"votes":26,"content":"RINGLING, RINGLING\r\nJimmy Buffett\r\n1974, MCA Records\r\nAugust 5, 2003\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D/C[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  Ringling, Ringling, slippin' away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Only forty people livin' there today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  Streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  It's a dyin' little town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nChurch window's broken, that place ain't been used in years[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nJail don't have a sheriff or a cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd electric trains, they run by maybe once or twice a month[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n  Easin' it on down to Mussel Shell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  Ringling, Ringling, slippin' away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Only forty people livin' there today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n 'Cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  It's a dyin' little town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd across from the bar there's a pile of beer cans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBeen there twenty seven years[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch]                                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nImagine all the heartaches and tears in twenty seven years of beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSo we hopped back in the rent-a-car and we hit the cruise control[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Pretty soon the town was out of sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBut we left behind a fat barmaid, a cowboy and a dog[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBracin' for a Ringling Friday night[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  Ringling, Ringling, you're just slippin' away[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wonder how many people will be there a year from today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n  'Cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  It's a dyin' little town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, it's a dyin' little town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n([ch]D[/ch]) [ch]D/C[/ch] [ch]D/B[/ch] [ch]D/A[/ch]\r\n[ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"RINGLING, RINGLING\nJimmy Buffett\n1974, MCA Records\nAugust 5, 2003\n\n\n[Intro]\nD D/C D/B D/A\nE7 A7 D\nD D/C D/B D/A\nE7 A7 D\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n(D) D/C D/B D/A\nE7 A7 D","chords":["D","D/C","D/B","D/A","E7","A7","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}