{"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":2637120,"song":"The Front Porch Song","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2637120-the-front-porch-song-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2637120?type=chord","rating":4.73676,"votes":132,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis old porch is just a big old red and white Hereford bull[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStandin' under a mesquite tree in Agua Dulce, Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe just keeps on playin' hide and seek with that hot August sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's sweatin' and a-pantin' 'cause his work is never done[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh no, he's got them cows and that red top cane[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis old porch is just a steamin' greasy plate of enchiladas[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith lots of cheese and onions and a guacamole salad[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou can get them at the LaSalle Hotel in old downtown[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith iced tea and a waitress who will smile every time[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, she will, I left a quarter tip on my ten dollar bill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis old porch is a palace walk-in on a main street in Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt ain't never seen or heard the day of G and R and X's[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith the '62 poster that's almost faded down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a screen without a picture since Giant came to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh no, I love them Junior Mints and them Red Hots, too, yes I do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, yeah, and old movie pictures[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis old porch is just a weathered, grey haired 70 years of Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's doin' all he can not to give in to the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he always takes the rent late so long as I run his cattle[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe picks me up at dinner time, I listen to him rattle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe says, \"The Brazos still runs muddy like she's run all along[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere ain't never been no cane to grind, the cotton's all but gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd, you know, this Chevrolet pickup truck, she was somethin' back in '60\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow there ain't nobody listenin' to him, 'cause they all think he's crazy[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis old porch is just a long time waiting and forgetting[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd remembering the coming back, not crying about the leaving[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd remembering the falling down and the laughter of the curse of luck[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom all those sons of bitches who said we'd never get back up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThis old porch is just a big old red and white Hereford bull[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStandin' under a mesquite tree out in Agua Dulce[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe just keeps on playing hide and seek with that hot August sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's sweatin' and a pantin' 'cause his work is never done[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAh, no, I known a whole lot of old bulls in my life, and their work is never done[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  Em  C  D  x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG  Em  C  D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG  Em  C  D\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["G","Em","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}