This song is absolutely beautiful and i wanted to share the proper way of playing it with you amazing people.
This is the intro tab at the beginning of the song.
e|-3-----------0-----------------------0---------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1-----3-----3---------3---1---------1-----------1---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------2-----------0---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----3-----3---------3---1-------|
G|-2-----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-------1-----------1-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-----------2----------0----0---0------0---0------0---0------0---0--------|
D|-------------------------------2---2------2----------2---2------2----------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3--3---------------------3----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
F C Am C C
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
F C Am C C
Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
F C C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
F C C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
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B|-------1-----------1-----3-----3---------3---1---------1-----------1---------|
G|-------------------------------------------------2-----------0---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------3-----------0-----------------------0---------------|
B|-------1-----------1-----------1-----------1-----3-----3---------3---1-------|
G|-2-----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-------1-----------1-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-----------2----------0----0---0------0---0------0---0------0---0--------|
D|-------------------------------2---2------2----------2---2------2----------|
A|-3---3---3---3---3---3--3---------------------3----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
F C
Call it one drink too many
Am C
Call it pride of a man
F C Am C
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
F (straight strum) C (reg strum)
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
F (straight strum) C (reg strum)
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
F C Am C
We do it over and over and over again
F C Am C
We do it over and over and over again
[Bridge]
F Am C G (Single strums)
Oh -oh -oh -oh
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh
F Am C G (reg strum)
Oh -oh -oh -oh
Pre chorus
F Am
I know there's California, Oklahoma
C G
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
[Chorus]
F
Down in the valley with
Am
Whiskey rivers
C G
These are the places you will find me hidin'
F Am
These are the places I will always go
C G
These are the places I will always go
F (single strum)
I am on my way
Am (single strum)
I am on my way
C (single strum) G (single strum)
I am on my way back to where I started
Bridge
F Am C G (reg strum)
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh
[Verse 3]
F Am
One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
C G
I saw your face and I heard you callin out
F AM
C G
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
F AM
C G
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
F AM
There was a sign on the door and it reads to me to me
C G
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
[Bridge]
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh
F Am C G
Oh -oh -oh -oh
F (single strum)
I am on my way
Am (single strum)
I am on my way
C (single strum) G (single strum)
I am on my way back to where I started
[Pre chorus]
F Am
I know there's California, Oklahoma
C G
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
[Chorus]
F
Down in the valley with
Am
Whiskey rivers
C G
These are the places you will find me hidin'
F (single strum) Am (single strum)
These are the places I will always go
C (single strum) G (single strum)
These are the places I will always go
[Outro]
F C
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy waysDown In The Valley chords and lyrics
Free chords for Down In The Valley by The Head and the Heart. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
This song is absolutely beautiful and i wanted to share the proper way of playing it with you amazing people. This is the intro tab at the beginning of the song. [Verse 1] [Verse 2] [Bridge] Pre chorus [Chorus] Bridge F Am C G (reg strum) [Verse 3] F AM F AM [Bridge] [Pre chorus] [Chorus] [Outro] Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
Down In The Valley Chords by The Head and the Heart
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