On The Way Downtown
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: DCapotraste: Sem capotraste
This song is in the key of D
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https://youtu.be/0ggTxlHwpGA
[Intro]
D G D A D
[Verse]
D
How many times
G D
have I washed my face, combed my hair
G
and left this place?
G D
Felt a shiver in my chest when I hit the door,
D G D
the promise of something here worth living for.
[Verse]
D G
I Had a fight with the woman that had my kids.
D G
Can’t get along with anyone, what if I did?
D G
I’m going back to the corner
D
where we used to meet,
G
When our dreams were young
A D
and our night’s were sweet.
[Chorus]
D G
I’m going out tonight,
D
going way downtown
G
Where have my friends who’ve died
A D
still hang around.
D
See what’s shaking
G D
as the leaves turn brown.
G D
Seasons been and gone,
A D
another one’s coming on,
G A D
and I’m on my way downtown.
[Verse]
D
Well it was thirty years ago
G
in the setting sun,
D
I was walking down Union Street
G
and started to run.
G
Down into a cellar
D
where the music screamed,
D
I guess it hit me harder than
G D
I ever dreamed.
[Verse]
G
In the Palace Theatre Hall
D
later on that night
A
There were miracles in store
D
But not a soul in sight.
G
Pay phone ringing
D
It didn’t seem so strange.
D
Anything could happen,
A
everything could change.
[Chorus]
D
I’m going out tonight,
G
way downtown
D
Where have my friends who’ve died
G
hanging ‘round
G
All that moonlight
D
spilling on the ground
D
as seasons been and gone.
D G D G A G D
[Verse]
G D
We used to gather here, flirt, and laugh.
A D
Now all my dreams are cut in half.
G
Girls were smoking cigarettes
D
and chewing gum.
D
They’d just get scared
A G
When they see me come.
D
Way downtown the corners move,
G
sandstone slabs are worn and grooved,
D G D
turning black in the first drops of rain.
G D
You can smell the earth and sky again.
[Outro]
D
You hear the rattle of the leaves,
G
the locust call, underneath the elms
D A
by the schoolyard wall.
G D
Summer’s over and the fields are tall
G D
Seasons been and gone, another one’s coming on
G D
and I’m on my way downtown.
D G D A D
How to play On The Way Downtown
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
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.