{"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":834038,"song":"Highway Patrolman","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/834038-highway-patrolman-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/834038?type=chord","rating":4.94516,"votes":12,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch] \r\nMy name is Joe Roberts I work for the state [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number eight [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI always done an honest job as honest as I could [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI got a brother named Frankie and Frankie ain't no good [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nNow ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI get a call on the shortwave Frankie's in trouble downtown [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWell if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away [/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch] \r\nYeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch] \r\nNothin' feels better than blood on blood [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTakin' turns dancin' with Maria as the band [/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch] \r\nPlayed \"Night of the Johnstown Flood\" [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch] (or [ch]A7[/ch] )                    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nMan turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good [/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nWell Frankie went in the army back in 1965 \r\nI got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife \r\nBut them wheat prices kept on droppin' \r\ntill it was like we were gettin' robbed \r\nFrankie came home in `68, and me, I took this job \r\nYeah we're laughin' and drinkin' \r\nNothin' feels better than blood on blood \r\nTakin' turns dancin' with Maria \r\nas the band Played \"Night of the Johnstown Flood\" \r\nI catch him when he's strayin' \r\nteach him how to walk that line \r\nMan turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine \r\n \r\n \r\nWell the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine \r\nThere was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line \r\nThere was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head \r\nThere was a girl cry'n' at a table and it was Frank, they said \r\nWell I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights \r\nWell I musta done one hundred and ten through Michigan county that night \r\nIt was out at the crossroads, down `round Willow bank \r\nSeen a Buick with Ohio plates. Behind the wheel was Frank \r\nWell I chased him through them county roads \r\nTill a sign said \"Canadian border five miles from here\" \r\nI pulled over the side of the highway and watched his tail-lights disappear","plain_text":"Well Frankie went in the army back in 1965 \nI got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife \nBut them wheat prices kept on droppin' \ntill it was like we were gettin' robbed \nFrankie came home in `68, and me, I took this job \nYeah we're laughin' and drinkin' \nNothin' feels better than blood on blood \nTakin' turns dancin' with Maria \nas the band Played \"Night of the Johnstown Flood\" \nI catch him when he's strayin' \nteach him how to walk that line \nMan turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine \n \n \nWell the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine \nThere was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line \nThere was a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head \nThere was a girl cry'n' at a table and it was Frank, they said \nWell I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights \nWell I musta done one hundred and ten through Michigan county that night \nIt was out at the crossroads, down `round Willow bank \nSeen a Buick with Ohio plates. Behind the wheel was Frank \nWell I chased him through them county roads \nTill a sign said \"Canadian border five miles from here\" \nI pulled over the side of the highway and watched his tail-lights disappear","chords":["D","G","A","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]}}}