The Head and the Heart – Down In The Valley (Guitar)

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Artist: The Head And The Heart Song: Down In The Valley * = strum once and let ring [Intro]
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
[Intro Again] [Verse]
F                       C
Call it one drink too many

         Am         C     C
Call it pride of a man

        F             C                Am          C     C
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand

             F                N.C.  C                  C
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin

          F                 N.C.  C                  C
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
[Pre-Chorus]
          F        C        Am      C     C
We do it over and over and over again

          F        C       Am     C     C
We do it over and over and over again

F       Am      C       G
Oh      -oh     -oh     -oh (rhythm change) (straight strumming)

F       Am      C       G
Oh      -oh     -oh     -oh  (build)

F       Am      C       G
Oh      -oh     -oh     -oh

               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

F                               C
These are the places I will always go

     F*
I am on my way 

     Am*
I am on my way

      F*                        C*
I am on my way back to where I started
[Bridge] F Am C G (build)
F       Am      C       G
Oh      -oh     -oh     -oh (straight strumming)

F       Am      C       G
Oh      -oh     -oh     -oh  (build) (continued in the background)

F                               Am
One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls

C                         G
I hail your face, and then I saw you standing out
F ............................... Am ............ (build)
C                         G
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
F ................... Am ............ (build)
C                           G
You saw me crossing the valley and you came in

F                          Am
There was a sign on the door and it reads to me

C                            G
Just like the grass and the sign when you walked in

F       Am      C       G
Oh      -oh     -oh     -oh (straight strumming)

F       Am      C       G
Oh      -oh     -oh

      F*
I am on my way

     Am*
I am on my way

      F                C
I am on my way back to where I started

F            Am
  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

F*                          C
These are the places I will always go
C
      F                                 C     C
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade

F                      C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways