{"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":870830,"song":"Welfare Line","artist":"The Highwaymen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/870830-welfare-line-chords-by-the-highwaymen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/870830?type=chord","rating":4.4982,"votes":11,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                       Welfare Line - Highwaymen\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Dave S. \r\nEmail: prime-prine@hotmail.com\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nArtist: The Highwaymen\r\nAlbum: Highwayman\r\nYear: 1985\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, now boys, I've been to Bethlehem.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRode there on a big steam train.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLost two fingers in the steel mills.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I ain't goin' back again.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI fought for my country,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord knows, I did my best.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCrawlin' 'cross some foreign field,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThey pinned a ribbon to my chest.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo, pass around the bottle, boys,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLet's talk about old times.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNight's rollin' in, it's cold as sin,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHere on the welfare line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nServed on the Georgia Road Gang.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCouldn't pay the debts I owed.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause I'm ain't made of silver,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I ain't never seen no gold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nI still remember Rachael,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoft as a velvet gown.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey layed her in the pauper's grave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn the other side of town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus)\r\n\r\n\r\nBreak:\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow some folks are born to money,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou know I wish them well.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf the devil should ever want my soul,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nI swear I'd never sell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Repeat Chorus 2x)","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                       Welfare Line - Highwaymen\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nTabbed by: Dave S. \nEmail: prime-prine@hotmail.com\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nArtist: The Highwaymen\nAlbum: Highwayman\nYear: 1985\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus)\n\n\nBreak:\n\nD      G      D   A   D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Repeat Chorus 2x)","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}