{"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":2133301,"song":"Smiling Bill Mccall","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2133301-smiling-bill-mccall-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2133301?type=chord","rating":4.72975,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell, the whole town listened to the radio For the Smiling Bill McCall Show[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEveryone in Nashville Was listenin' to Bill[/tab]\r\n\r\nI don't want to be layin' in bed When they pronounce me dead\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe'd stand and breathe in the microphone With his guitar hangin' to his knee bone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the girls just sat and dreamed When Bill began his sing[/tab]\r\n\r\nI don't want my hat to be hung When my last song is sung\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut he never let fame go to his head \"This is Smiling Bill McCall\", he said[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Gonna pick and sing a song or two You all listen till I'm through\"[/tab]\r\n                     \r\nAnd if you're at the house or in your car Tune in this time tomorrow\r\n[tab]                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo all the boys he was a big hero They'd glue their ears to the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen talkin' a most unusual drawl Imitatin' Bill McCall[/tab]\r\n\r\nDaddy, can I get me a guitar 'Cause I want to be a star\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThe girls would say of Bill McCall Why I bet he's over six feet tall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHandsomest man in Nashville They said of Smiling Bill[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe won't be plantin' potato slips When he cashes in his chips\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen one day Bill didn't make the show Didn't even show up for a week or so[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe station's boss said to city hall \"Find Smiling Bill McCall\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nIt won't be hard to track him down He's got the biggest feet in town\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, there's a creek that runs through Nashville And on the bank they found Smiling Bill[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's committin' suicide But they grabbed him before he tried[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Turn me loose, I want to jump\", he screamed \"'Cause I can't stand that theme\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nLet this be my final breath 'Cause I'm scared to half to death\"\r\n\r\nThe big brave Smiling Bill McCall Is only four feet tall\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'd rather be in the river dead Than to hear 'em laughin' at my bald head[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\nI don't want to be layin' in bed When they pronounce me dead\n\n\n\nI don't want my hat to be hung When my last song is sung\n\n\n                     \nAnd if you're at the house or in your car Tune in this time tomorrow\n\n\n\nDaddy, can I get me a guitar 'Cause I want to be a star\n\n\n\nHe won't be plantin' potato slips When he cashes in his chips\n\n\n\nIt won't be hard to track him down He's got the biggest feet in town\n\n\n\n\nLet this be my final breath 'Cause I'm scared to half to death\"\n\nThe big brave Smiling Bill McCall Is only four feet tall","chords":["D","E","A","G","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}