{"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":2455790,"song":"The Ballad Of John Mccrae","artist":"Josh Turner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2455790-the-ballad-of-john-mccrae-chords-by-josh-turner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2455790?type=chord","rating":4.64866,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the banks of the Missouri[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnnie Washed up in the clay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they took her to her father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTold him it was John McCrae[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm running through the badlands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCovering my tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNorthward toward Dakota[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith the devil on my back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the river flows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo our immortal home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh Annie, oh my soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I took her down by the stream side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor to make that girl my bride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut in the fold of her pretty white dress[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLay her father's bowie knife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell she pulled that steel blade on me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTold me she would take my life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I pushed her into the river[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe went under with the tide[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the river flows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo our immortal home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh Annie, oh my soul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am standing at the gallows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the scaffold it is high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the hangman asked my last words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBefore I'm condemned to die[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I begged God, \"Don't forgive me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nfor the trouble I have sown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor I'll soon see my pretty Annie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nin the hell fire down below.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the river flows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo our immortal home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh Annie, oh my soul[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm C G C D Em\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nEm C G C D Em\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","C","G","D","Am","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}