Chords for Ben E. King - Down home
Tempo:
110.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
Bm
G
A
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [Bm]
[D] Down [Bm] home, [D] oh, down [Bm] home, [G] there used to [A] be rivers [D] and trees.
[Bm] Fresh rain [F#m] every single morning, [Bm] and the sweet [F#m] magnolia [G] in the breeze.
[Gm] [A]
[D] Fishin' [Bm] lines [D] and young [Bm] dreams, [G] oh, I [A] hear them calling [D] to me.
[F#] But there's [Bm] no [D] way to [G] get down [Gm] home, [D] cause down [A#] [G] home's just [A] a [D] memory.
[Bm]
[D] Wish [Bm]
[G] [A]
[D]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [A#] [A]
[D] I [Bm] could leave [D] this big [Bm] town, [G] city livin' [A] ain't livin' [D] to me.
[F#] But [Bm] there's no [D] way
[G] to get [Gm] down home, [D] cause once [G] you leave it, [D] you [G] can't retrieve it.
[D] Cause down [G] home's just a [D] memory.
[Bm] [D]
[Bm] [D]
[Bm] Oh, down home, oh, [D] down home, there used to be rivers and trees.
[Bm]
[D] Down [Bm] home, [D] oh, down [Bm] home, [G] there used to [A] be rivers [D] and trees.
[Bm] Fresh rain [F#m] every single morning, [Bm] and the sweet [F#m] magnolia [G] in the breeze.
[Gm] [A]
[D] Fishin' [Bm] lines [D] and young [Bm] dreams, [G] oh, I [A] hear them calling [D] to me.
[F#] But there's [Bm] no [D] way to [G] get down [Gm] home, [D] cause down [A#] [G] home's just [A] a [D] memory.
[Bm]
[D] Wish [Bm]
[G] [A]
[D]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#m]
[G] [A#] [A]
[D] I [Bm] could leave [D] this big [Bm] town, [G] city livin' [A] ain't livin' [D] to me.
[F#] But [Bm] there's no [D] way
[G] to get [Gm] down home, [D] cause once [G] you leave it, [D] you [G] can't retrieve it.
[D] Cause down [G] home's just a [D] memory.
[Bm] [D]
[Bm] [D]
[Bm] Oh, down home, oh, [D] down home, there used to be rivers and trees.
[Bm]
Key:
D
Bm
G
A
F#m
D
Bm
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ Down _ [Bm] home, _ [D] oh, down _ [Bm] home, _ [G] there used to [A] be rivers _ [D] and _ trees. _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ Fresh rain _ _ [F#m] every single morning, _ _ _ [Bm] and the sweet _ _ [F#m] magnolia _ [G] in the breeze.
_ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ Fishin' [Bm] lines _ [D] and young _ [Bm] _ dreams, [G] oh, I _ [A] hear them calling [D] to me.
_ _ [F#] _ _ But there's [Bm] no _ [D] way _ to [G] _ get down [Gm] _ home, [D] cause down [A#] _ [G] home's just [A] a [D] memory.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] Wish _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ I _ [Bm] could leave [D] this _ big [Bm] town, _ [G] city livin' _ _ [A] ain't livin' [D] to me.
_ [F#] _ _ But [Bm] there's no _ _ [D] way _ _
[G] to get _ [Gm] down home, [D] cause once [G] you leave it, [D] you _ _ [G] can't retrieve it.
[D] Cause down _ [G] home's just _ a _ _ [D] memory. _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ Oh, down home, oh, [D] down home, there used to be rivers and trees. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ Down _ [Bm] home, _ [D] oh, down _ [Bm] home, _ [G] there used to [A] be rivers _ [D] and _ trees. _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ Fresh rain _ _ [F#m] every single morning, _ _ _ [Bm] and the sweet _ _ [F#m] magnolia _ [G] in the breeze.
_ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ Fishin' [Bm] lines _ [D] and young _ [Bm] _ dreams, [G] oh, I _ [A] hear them calling [D] to me.
_ _ [F#] _ _ But there's [Bm] no _ [D] way _ to [G] _ get down [Gm] _ home, [D] cause down [A#] _ [G] home's just [A] a [D] memory.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] Wish _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ I _ [Bm] could leave [D] this _ big [Bm] town, _ [G] city livin' _ _ [A] ain't livin' [D] to me.
_ [F#] _ _ But [Bm] there's no _ _ [D] way _ _
[G] to get _ [Gm] down home, [D] cause once [G] you leave it, [D] you _ _ [G] can't retrieve it.
[D] Cause down _ [G] home's just _ a _ _ [D] memory. _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] _ Oh, down home, oh, [D] down home, there used to be rivers and trees. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _