Chords for Way Downtown - Doc Watson, Jack Lawrence and Mike Seeger.
Tempo:
131.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[G] [D]
[A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
[G] It was late last night when [D] old Willie came home.
[A] I held [F#m] him a-wrappin' [D] on the door.
[G] He was a-slippin' out a-sidin' [D] with them new shoes on.
[A] Mama says, Willie, don't you ride [D] no more.
[G]
Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, [D] me and it's old my [A] ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Jack.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Well, I wish I was over [D] at my sweet Sally's house,
[A] sittin' in that big [D] armchair.
[G] One arm around [D] my old guitar [A] and the other one around [D] my hair.
[G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Michael.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Like a man won't a-patch his [D] knee.
[A]
[D] [G] Well, it's one old share.
[D] It's about all I've got.
[A] And a dollar is all that [D] I crave.
[G] Brought nothing with me [D] to this old world.
[A] It'll take nothing to [D] my [A] grave.
[F] [F#] [G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [C#m] around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Way downtown,
[D] [A] the foolin' around took me [D] to the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Let's [F#] all take it [Em] home.
[Dm] [D] [F#m] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
[G] It was late last night when [D] old Willie came home.
[A] I held [F#m] him a-wrappin' [D] on the door.
[G] He was a-slippin' out a-sidin' [D] with them new shoes on.
[A] Mama says, Willie, don't you ride [D] no more.
[G]
Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, [D] me and it's old my [A] ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Jack.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Well, I wish I was over [D] at my sweet Sally's house,
[A] sittin' in that big [D] armchair.
[G] One arm around [D] my old guitar [A] and the other one around [D] my hair.
[G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Michael.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Like a man won't a-patch his [D] knee.
[A]
[D] [G] Well, it's one old share.
[D] It's about all I've got.
[A] And a dollar is all that [D] I crave.
[G] Brought nothing with me [D] to this old world.
[A] It'll take nothing to [D] my [A] grave.
[F] [F#] [G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [C#m] around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
[G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [G] Way downtown,
[D] [A] the foolin' around took me [D] to the jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Let's [F#] all take it [Em] home.
[Dm] [D] [F#m] [D]
[G] [Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[D]
Key:
D
A
G
F#m
F#
D
A
G
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the _ jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
[G] It was late last night when [D] old Willie came home.
[A] I held [F#m] him a-wrappin' [D] on the door.
_ [G] He was a-slippin' out a-sidin' [D] with them new shoes on.
[A] Mama says, Willie, don't you ride [D] no more.
_ _ [G] _ _
Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the jail.
_ [G] _ Oh, [D] me and it's old my [A] ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Jack.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] Well, I wish I was over [D] at my sweet Sally's house,
[A] sittin' in that big [D] _ armchair.
_ [G] One arm around [D] my old guitar [A] and the other one around [D] my hair.
_ _ [G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
_ [G] _ Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Michael.
[G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] Like a man won't a-patch his [D] knee.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] Well, it's one old share.
[D] It's about all I've got.
[A] And a dollar is all that [D] I crave.
[G] Brought nothing with me [D] to this old world.
[A] It'll take nothing to [D] my [A] grave.
[F] _ [F#] [G] Way downtown, _ [D] the foolin' [C#m] around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
_ _ [G] _ Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] Way downtown, _
[D] _ _ _ [A] the foolin' around took me [D] to the jail.
_ _ [G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Let's [F#] all take it [Em] home.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the _ jail.
[G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
[G] It was late last night when [D] old Willie came home.
[A] I held [F#m] him a-wrappin' [D] on the door.
_ [G] He was a-slippin' out a-sidin' [D] with them new shoes on.
[A] Mama says, Willie, don't you ride [D] no more.
_ _ [G] _ _
Way downtown, [D] the foolin' [A] around took me to [D] the jail.
_ [G] _ Oh, [D] me and it's old my [A] ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Jack.
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] Well, I wish I was over [D] at my sweet Sally's house,
[A] sittin' in that big [D] _ armchair.
_ [G] One arm around [D] my old guitar [A] and the other one around [D] my hair.
_ _ [G] Way downtown, [D] the foolin' around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
_ [G] _ Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Get her, Michael.
[G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] Like a man won't a-patch his [D] knee.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] Well, it's one old share.
[D] It's about all I've got.
[A] And a dollar is all that [D] I crave.
[G] Brought nothing with me [D] to this old world.
[A] It'll take nothing to [D] my [A] grave.
[F] _ [F#] [G] Way downtown, _ [D] the foolin' [C#m] around [A] took me to [D] the jail.
_ _ [G] _ Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] Way downtown, _
[D] _ _ _ [A] the foolin' around took me [D] to the jail.
_ _ [G] Oh, me [D] and it's old [A] my ain't no one to go [D] my fair.
Let's [F#] all take it [Em] home.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _