Billy Strings – Way Downtown (Guitar)
Capo 2
• Video Lesson
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From the album "Me / And / Dad" (2022)
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6sXXLZRRKvblCsVPQGg0Se?si=a4fa555b5cb741b5
[Intro]
| G | D | A | D7 |
| G | D | A | D D7 |
[Chorus]
G D Way downtown, foolin' around A D7 Took me to the jail G D It's oh me, it's oh my A D Ain't no one to go my bail
[Verse 1]
G D It was late last night when ol' Willie come home A D7 I heard him a-rappin' on the door G D He's a-slippin' and a-slidin' with them new shoes on A D D7 Papa said, "Willie, don't you rap no more"
[Chorus]
G D Way downtown, foolin' around A D7 Took me to the jail G D It's oh me, it's oh my A D Ain't no one to go my bail (Get her, Michael)
[Fiddle Solo]
| G | D | A | D D7 |
| G | D | A | D D7 |
[Mandolin Solo]
| G | D | A | D D7 |
| G | D | A | D D7 |
[Verse 2]
G D Well, I wish I was over at my sweet Sally's house A D7 Sittin' in that big armchair G D One arm around my old guitar A D D7 And the other one around my dear
[Chorus]
G D Way downtown, foolin' around A D7 Took me to the jail G D It's oh me, it's oh my A D Ain't no one to go my bail
[Guitar Solo]
| G | D | A | D D7 |
| G | D | A | D D7 |
[Verse 3]
G D Well, it's one old shirt, it's about all I've got A D7 And a dollar is all I crave G D I brought nothin' with me into this old world A D D7 Ain't takin' nothin' to my grave
[Chorus]
G D Way downtown, foolin' around A D7 Took me to the jail G D It's oh me, it's oh my A D7 Ain't no one to go my bail (Let's hear that banjo)
[Banjo Solo]
| G | D | A | D D7 |
| G | D | A | D D7 |
[Chorus]
G D Way downtown, foolin' around A D7 Took me to the jail G D It's oh me, it's oh my A D Ain't no one to go my bail