{"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":741313,"song":"Southbound Jericho Parkway","artist":"Roy Orbison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/741313-southbound-jericho-parkway-chords-by-roy-orbison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/741313?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Southbound Jericho Parkway \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere was a man whose memories were made up of nothing. [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe pushed the elevator button, and go home to nothing. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch] \r\nYes his business had prospered but women get lonely sometimes,[/tab]\r\nNow she has the house \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis son in college had dropped out to expand his mind. [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nAnd Sarah, his daughter had not spoken to him. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMaybe he'd raised her the wrong way. He wondered. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe checked his mailbox, with fingers a-tremblin' no mail, from anyone. [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n”I'm home“ he said softly, as he opened the door [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd gazed at his empty apartment, aching, thinking. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSouthbound Jericho parkway is what you call a one-way street. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSouthbound Jericho parkway is what you call a one-way street. [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nAt 7.20, Monday after New Year, Mr Henry Johnson leaned against the pedal[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nAimed his Lincoln steady and drove himself into a wall. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHow could a thing such as this ever happen. [/tab]\r\nAll the community said it was shame. \r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nHe was a good man, he was a clean man yeah, [/tab]\r\nThat's what he was a good and clean man \r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd his landlady said he was an exemplary tenant. [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Cm[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey're always nice and quiet when they're all alone at his age. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThe young man sat, on a small woven mat. [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch] \r\nWhile the silken smoke it circled over head. [/tab]\r\nThe cigarettes were there to prove he didn't care \r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nBout the contents of the telegram he'd just read. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nFather, father, father. [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nYou always seemed to be so out of reach. [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nAnd the psychedelic sign read: peace. [/tab]\r\n\r\nApartment in New York, a girl closes the door, \r\nAnd leans against it with her head bowed low. \r\nThoughts raced through her mind of when she was a child. \r\nRaised warmly by a man she didn't know. \r\nFather, father, father. \r\nShe wished she had phoned him yesterday \r\nThere were so many things she had to say \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]         [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]\r\nHenry, the check is in my hands [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                              [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nBrought by the insurance man to cover all my plans [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]\r\nWe'll have flowers, your broker will be there [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Ab[/ch]                           [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd Sarah, if she cares, and our boy with all his hair [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]                [ch]Abm[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the sun rose, and the sunset as it always has, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Cm[/ch]                        [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd people yet unknown, were busy being born, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nAnd time when past.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nby: José Duarte\r\njtduarte1@gmail.com","plain_text":"Southbound Jericho Parkway \n\n\n\n\nNow she has the house \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll the community said it was shame. \n\nThat's what he was a good and clean man \n\n\n\n\n\nThe cigarettes were there to prove he didn't care \n\n\n\n\n\nApartment in New York, a girl closes the door, \nAnd leans against it with her head bowed low. \nThoughts raced through her mind of when she was a child. \nRaised warmly by a man she didn't know. \nFather, father, father. \nShe wished she had phoned him yesterday \nThere were so many things she had to say \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nby: José Duarte\njtduarte1@gmail.com","chords":["A","G","D","Dmaj7","C","Em","F","Eb","Bb","Bb7","E","B","Cm","C7","Bbmaj7","Ab","Abm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}