{"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":621318,"song":"Goin By The Book","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/621318-goin-by-the-book-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/621318?type=chord","rating":4.62256,"votes":24,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can see it in the movies, in the paper and the TV news.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSombody's army is always on the move.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's gonna be a battle, the lines have been drawn, they got guns and[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntanks and planes.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe wells have gone dry and the water is bad and in the air is acid rain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's war after war and rumors of war from the East.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's a rumblin' in the ground and they're talkin' about the beast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGood mothers cry 'cause the rivers run high with the blood of too many sons.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome people say peace is on the way but the worst is still to come.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'cause the prophets wrote about it and Jesus spoke about it and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJohn got to take a look.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he told us what he saw and it's easy to see, it's goin' by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's goin' by the book.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Guitar and Brass Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] (x2), [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's armies in the cities and the missiles stand ready for flight.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA pale horse rides like the wind across the night.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd that rumblin' in the desert like thunder gettin' closer,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nare the trumpets gettin' ready to blow?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's gonna be a shout that will wake the dead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwe'd better be ready to go.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'cause the prophets wrote about it and Jesus spoke about it and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJohn got to take a look.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he told us what he saw and it's easy to see, it's goin' by the book[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's goin' by the book.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's goin' by the book.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Repeat and fade)","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar and Brass Solo]\nAm C D Am (x2), Am\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n(Repeat and fade)","chords":["Am","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}