{"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":633781,"song":"Sweetwater Texas","artist":"The Charlie Daniels Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/633781-sweetwater-texas-chords-by-the-charlie-daniels-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/633781?type=chord","rating":4.77494,"votes":13,"content":"Charlie Daniels Band\r\n\r\nSweetwater Texas\r\ntranscribed by:Aaron Komara\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was a young man in Sweetwater Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust one thing stayed on my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo ride a white horse over Durango mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd leave Sweetwater Texas behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut I turned twenty one there in Sweetwater Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust one thing made me stay there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanted to leave, but I was in love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe girl with the chestnut brown hair[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nAnd there came a time, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwhen she said shed be mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd go any place any time[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSo we rode a grey dog over Durango mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd left Sweetwater Texas behind[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nIt was thundering and lightning when we left Nolan County[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bus rolled along through the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd old 36 was a magic black demon [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nleading towards the citys bright lights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nwe pulled into Houston at ten in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nour hopes were as high as the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut hopes turn to weeks, then years, then forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never knew how fast time goes by[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd cowboys sellin cars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd country girls in bars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomehow just don’t seem fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd I wanted to die cause I knew I was loosing [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThe girl with the chestnut brown hair[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo many times I said[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nId rather be dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThan take downs to go to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd ups to clear my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut If the good lord sees his way[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo let me live one more day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] (HOLD)              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIm so tired of being alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGonna ride a white horse over Durango mountain [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd make Sweetwater Texas my home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFirst attempt to tab something\r\n\r\nany advice, email me \r\n\r\nthanks","plain_text":"Charlie Daniels Band\n\nSweetwater Texas\ntranscribed by:Aaron Komara\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLO\nG D C G    G  D  C  G    G  D  C G \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSOLO\nG  D  C  G          G D  C  G \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst attempt to tab something\n\nany advice, email me \n\nthanks","chords":["G","D","C","Em"],"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]}}}