{"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":2672781,"song":"Arkansas Dave","artist":"George Strait","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2672781-arkansas-dave-chords-by-george-strait/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2672781?type=chord","rating":4.91796,"votes":22,"content":"Written by George \"Bubba\" Strait, Jr.\r\nPerformed by George Strait on Twang (2009), MCA Nashville\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe rode up on a winter day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSteam rising off a streak-faced bay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid, you probably know my name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you don't it's Arkansas Dave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe talked of fifteen years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd how he got the bay he rode[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid, he killed a man in Oh - i - o[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFirst man he killed, first horse he stole[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was a long road for Arkansas Dave[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe shot and left him where he lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid, he'd never forget that winter day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe rode off on a streak-faced bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stood up and I shook his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTold no one that I knew this man[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStarted thinking of a plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Bout how I'd deal him his last hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDidn't take him long to come unwound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe jumped up and gunned two men down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nRan outside to leave the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut ol' bay was nowhere to be found[/tab]\r\n\r\n--Modulate up to D--\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI hid out with my forty-four[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when he walked back through the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI shot till I could shoot no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Dave Rudabaugh fell to the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was the end of the road for Arkansas Dave[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI shot and left him where he lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll never forget that winter day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI rode off on the streak faced bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo I'll never forget that winter day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI rode home on daddy's streak faced bay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"Written by George \"Bubba\" Strait, Jr.\nPerformed by George Strait on Twang (2009), MCA Nashville\n\n[Intro]\n C G C C G C\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n--Modulate up to D--\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD A D D A D","chords":["C","G","F","D","A"],"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]},"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]}}}