{"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":2528544,"song":"Ballad Of Barbara","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2528544-ballad-of-barbara-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2528544?type=chord","rating":4.63597,"votes":7,"content":"[intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn a southern town where I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat's where I got my education[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI worked in the fields and I walked in the woods[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I wondered at creation[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI recall the sun in a sky of blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the smell of green things growin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I lived everyday and I lived anyway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnyway the wind was blowin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut then I heard of a cultured city life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBreath-takin' lofty steeples[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the day I called myself a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI left my land and my people[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I rambled North and I rambled East[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I tested and I tasted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a girl or two took me round and round[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut always left me wasted[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a world that saw concrete and steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith nothin' green ever growin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the buildings hide the rising sun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd stop the free wind from blowin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere they sleep all day and they wake all night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo a world of drink and laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI met that girl that I thought would be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe one that I was after[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn a soft blue gown and a formal tux[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBeneath that lofty steeple[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said do you Barbra take this man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill you be one of his people[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd she said I will and she said I do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the world looked mighty pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we lived in a fancy downtown flat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause she loved the noisy city[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen the days grew cold beneath the yellow sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I longed for green things growin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I talked of home and my people there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut she'd not agree to goin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen her hazel eyes turned away from me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWith a look that wasn't very pretty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd she turned into concrete and steel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd she said I take the city[/tab]\r\n\r\n[verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow the cars go by on the interstate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd my pack is on my shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm goin' home where I belong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMuch wiser now and older[/tab]","plain_text":"[intro]\nA\n\n[verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[verse 5]","chords":["A","E","D","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}