Down East Day
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by The Fables
(From the 2000 Album A TIME)
[Intro]
C F C F
C F C F
G Gm C F
G C
[Verse 1]
Am G F
Down on the eastern coast, ruled by the ocean
G
Fair weather, foul weather, everybody knows
C Am G F
That just to stay afloat, come winter spring or summer
G Am G
All hands say "c'mon that's just the way it goes"
[Chorus]
G C
Pass around that battered 6-string
F G
Plank 'er down, let the fiddle play
C
Tired, but not complainin'
F G C
At the end of a down east day
[Verse 2]
Am G F
Someone on an old banjo will get it all together
G
A box with a single row, you got it in your bones
C Am
Tried to change the old tunes
G F
But you find it don't get better
G Am G
Cause everybody knows some things are carved in stone
[Chorus]
G C
Pass around that battered 6-string
F G
Plank 'er down, let the fiddle play
C
Tired, but not complainin'
F G F Bb
At the end of a down east day
[Fiddle Solo]
F Bb C F
Bb C
[Verse 3]
Am G F
Freezin' in the cold, holes in your sweater
G
On a big city sidewalk, pennies to your name
C Am G F
Or diggin' lots of gold, ah ya couldn't do much better
G
You still got that home blood, that eternal flame
[Chorus]
G C
Pass around that battered 6-string
F G
Plank 'er down, let the fiddle play
C
Tired, but not complainin'
F G
At the end of a down east day
C
Pass around that battered 6-string
F G
Plank 'er down, let the fiddle play
C
Tired, but not complainin'
F G F Bb
At the end of a down east day
[Outro]
F Bb C F Bb C F
Bb C F Bb C F
Bb C F
How to play Down East Day
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What is the starting chord?
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.