{"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":421882,"song":"Cautious Man","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/421882-cautious-man-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/421882?type=chord","rating":4.69083,"votes":51,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# \r\n#This file is the work of fans and represents their interpretation of the song.# \r\n#This file is licensed under a Creative Commons-License:                       #\r\n#http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/at/deed.en                   #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------# \r\nCautious Man - Bruce Springsteen\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBill Horton was a cautious man of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe walked lookin' over his shoulder and remained faithful to its code[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen something caught his eye he'd measure his need[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then very carefully he'd proceed[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly met a yound girl in the early days of May[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was there in her arms he let his cautiousness slip away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn their lovers twilight as the evening sky grew dim[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd lay back in her arms and laugh what had happened to him[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               \r\nOn his right hand Billy tatooed the word love [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd on his left hand was the word fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in which hand he held his fate was never clear[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCome Indian summer he took his young lover for his bride[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with own hands built a great house down by the riverside[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow Billy was an honest man he wanted to do what was right[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe worked hard to fill their lives with happy days and loving nights[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAlone on his knees in the darkness for steadiness he'd pray[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor he knew in a restless heart the seed of betrayal lay[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOne night Billy awoke from a terrible dream callin' his wife's name[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe lay breathing beside him in a peaceful sleep a thousand miles away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe got dressed in the moonlight and down to the highway he strode[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen he got there he didn't find nothing but road[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Bm7[/ch] | [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly felt a coldness rise up inside him that he couldn't name[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust as the words tattooed 'cross his knuckles he knew would always remain[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt their bedside he brushed the hair from his wife's face [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n as the moon shone on her skin so white[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFilling their room with the beauty of God's fallen light[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n-3--0--2--2--2--\r\n-0--1--3--3--3--\r\n-0--0--2--4--2--\r\n-0--2--0--4--4--\r\n-2--3-----2--2--\r\n-3--------------[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# \n#This file is the work of fans and represents their interpretation of the song.# \n#This file is licensed under a Creative Commons-License:                       #\n#http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/at/deed.en                   #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------# \nCautious Man - Bruce Springsteen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| G | C | G | G | C D |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| G | C | C | Bm7 | Bm7","chords":["G","C","D","Bm","Bm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}