{"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":773452,"song":"Thats The Way That The World Goes Round","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/773452-thats-the-way-that-the-world-goes-round-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/773452?type=chord","rating":4.9412,"votes":971,"content":"This is a version I learned off a live video of John from an Aug 2008 concert.\r\nIf you want it to sound exactly like John's version you'll want to fingerpick it and \r\nthrow in the extra notes (mostly G on the high e string and a high E, F and sometimes D),\r\nyou'll get where they are if you listen to it.\r\n\r\n Capo 2nd fret for the 2008 live recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9DA-u2EhmA}\r\n Capo 2nd fret for the 2016 Stephen Colbert recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY02SSj450}\r\n Capo 5th fret for the studio recording\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI know a guy that's got a lot to lose.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe's a pretty nice fellow but he's kind of confused.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's got muscles in his head that ain't never been used.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThinks he own half of this town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nStarts drinking heavy, gets a big red nose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBeats his old lady with a rubber hose,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nthen he takes her out to dinner and buys her new clothes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're up one day and the next you're down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was sitting in the bathtub counting my toes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen the radiator broke, water all froze.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got stuck in the ice without my clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nnaked as the eyes of a clown.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was crying ice cubes hoping I'd croak,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen the sun come through the window, the ice all broke.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stood up and laughed thought it was a joke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're up one day and the next you're down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're up one day and the next you're down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou're up one day and the next you're down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's half an inch of water and you think you're gonna drown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world goes 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the way that the world........ goes 'round[/tab]","plain_text":"This is a version I learned off a live video of John from an Aug 2008 concert.\nIf you want it to sound exactly like John's version you'll want to fingerpick it and \nthrow in the extra notes (mostly G on the high e string and a high E, F and sometimes D),\nyou'll get where they are if you listen to it.\n\n Capo 2nd fret for the 2008 live recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9DA-u2EhmA}\n Capo 2nd fret for the 2016 Stephen Colbert recording - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvY02SSj450}\n Capo 5th fret for the studio recording\n\n\n[Intro]\nC   C   F   F\nC   C   G   G\nC   C   F   F\nC   G   C   C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","E","F","D","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}