{"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":834009,"song":"A Cowboys Prayer","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/834009-a-cowboys-prayer-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/834009?type=chord","rating":4.62865,"votes":9,"content":"verse 1) \r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nLord, I've never lived where churches grow,  [/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]E[/ch] \r\nI loved creation better as it stood, [/tab]\r\n \r\nThat day you finished it so long ago, \r\n[tab]                                         [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nAnd looked upon your work and called it good, [/tab]\r\n \r\n(verse 2) \r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI know that others find you in the light, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThat sifted down through tinted window panes, [/tab]\r\n  \r\nAnd yet I seem to feel you near tonight \r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nIn this dim , quiet starlight on the plains, [/tab]\r\n \r\n(verse 3) \r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI thank you, Lord, that I'm placed so well, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThat you've made my freedom so complete, [/tab]\r\n \r\nThat I'm no slave to whistle, clock or bell, \r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]   \r\nNor weak eyed prisoner of Wall Street, [/tab]\r\n \r\n(verse 4) \r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nJust let me live my life as I've begun, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]E[/ch] \r\nAnd give me work that's open to the sky, [/tab]\r\n  \r\nMake me a partner of the wind and sun, \r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nAnd I won't ask a life that's soft or high, [/tab]\r\n \r\n(verse 5) \r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch] \r\nLet me be easy on the man that's down, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch] \r\nLet me be square and generous with all, [/tab]\r\n \r\nI'm careless sometimes, Lord, when I'm in town, \r\n[tab]                                   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nBut never let 'em say I'm mean or small [/tab]","plain_text":"verse 1) \n\n\n \nThat day you finished it so long ago, \n\n \n(verse 2) \n\n\n  \nAnd yet I seem to feel you near tonight \n\n \n(verse 3) \n\n\n \nThat I'm no slave to whistle, clock or bell, \n\n \n(verse 4) \n\n\n  \nMake me a partner of the wind and sun, \n\n \n(verse 5) \n\n\n \nI'm careless sometimes, Lord, when I'm in town,","chords":["A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}