{"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":675263,"song":"Im Free From The Chain Gang Now","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/675263-im-free-from-the-chain-gang-now-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/675263?type=chord","rating":4.42142,"votes":17,"content":"Capo 1st Fret\r\n\r\nThe pull-on-offy stuff is fairly intuitive, basically it centers around  the top two\r\nand involves a pull off on the B string: 0-1-3  between the G and C chords, and that same\r\nreverse a hammer on: 0-1-3, before you play the G chord.  Listen to it and you'll get \r\nfeel of it.  The actual chord figuring out was the tricky part for me and I am not sure\r\nthe G/C or the G/Dish chord that I transcribed, but it works.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]/Dish\r\n-0-[/tab]\r\n-3-\r\n-2-\r\n-0-\r\n-2-\r\n-0-\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got rid of the shackles that bound me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G/C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the guards that were always around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears on the mail mother wrote me in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]/Dish     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'm free from the chain gang now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the years I was known and respected[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G/C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'til one day I was wrongly suspected[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was shackled in chains in a cold freezin' rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]/Dish     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut I'm free from the chain gang now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Guitar]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the years I was known by a number[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G/C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhow I kept my mind is a wonder[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut like a bird in a tree I got my liberty[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]/Dish     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I'm free from the chain gang now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got rid of the shackles that bound me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G/C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the guards that were always around me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]/Dish     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'm free from the chain gang now[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were tears on the mail mother sent me in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]/Dish     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'm free from the chain gang now[/tab]\r\n\r\nTabbed by Jeremy John","plain_text":"Capo 1st Fret\n\nThe pull-on-offy stuff is fairly intuitive, basically it centers around  the top two\nand involves a pull off on the B string: 0-1-3  between the G and C chords, and that same\nreverse a hammer on: 0-1-3, before you play the G chord.  Listen to it and you'll get \nfeel of it.  The actual chord figuring out was the tricky part for me and I am not sure\nthe G/C or the G/Dish chord that I transcribed, but it works.\n\n\n-3-\n-2-\n-0-\n-2-\n-0-\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Guitar]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTabbed by Jeremy John","chords":["B","G","C","G/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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}