The Jayhawks – Sixteen Down (Ukulele)

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Artist : Jayhawks Album : Sound Of Lies Song : Sixteen Down From : Thomas Juul Krahn ([email protected]) Intro F# Em G Em G Am C G (x2) Verse 1
Em  G             Em    D
Sunshine stealing stage time

         Em       D     C
From the moon and stars above

Em  G
She said leave me alone

Em G
I  said take me home

Am           C                      G
Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground
Chorus
G                C              Am            G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G             C            Am            G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G    C         Am                 G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!
Interlude Em G Em G Am C G Verse 2
Em    G             Em  D
Skiff rocked like a cradle

        Em             D   C
And the poor girl fell overboard

Em   G
Rope wrapped around her neck

Em      G
Tangled in her hair soaked wet

Am
They dragged the stream

    C                G
The body never to be found
Chorus
G                C              Am            G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G             C            Am            G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G    C         Am                 G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!
Bridge
F#
The dirt in the stream

F#
The body never to be found

F#                    A
Except for footprints caked

       F#                            G
In the muddy ground beside where she lay
Solo Em G Em G Am C G (x2) Verse 3
Em G             Em  D
My life made the headlines

            Em   D    C
Beneath the waterlily sky

Em  G
She said leave me alone

Em G
I  said take me home

Am           C                      G
Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground
Chorus
G                C              Am            G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G             C            Am            G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G    C         Am                 G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe)
Chorus
G                C              Am            G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G             C            Am            G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)

G    C         Am                 G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!

Outro                  Em G    Em G   Am  C  G
                      (Reapeat and fade)