down home Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][C][D][G]

[Verse 1]
Just off of the [D]beaten path
[C]A little dot on the[D] state road map
[C]That's where I was [Em]born
and where I'll die
[D][G][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Things move at a s[D]lower pac[C]e
Nobody's in [D]a rat race
[C]And these days that's
[D]a special way of life
[G]

[Verse 3]
[C]Down [G]home
Where they know you by [D]name
and [C]treat you like [D]family
[C]Down [G]home
A man's [Em]good [D]word [G]and a
[C]handshake are all you [D]need
Folks [Em]know
If they're [D]fallin' [G]on hard times,
[C]they can fall back hom[A]e
[Am]Those of [G]us raised [C]up [D]down [G]home

[Verse 4]
[G]
In the corner of the
[D]hardware [C]store
Gathered round on [D]a checkered board
[C]Old men telling [Em]lies and
crownin' king[D]s
[G][D]

[Verse 5]
[G]
Kids drivin' round the [D]old town square
[C]Cops roll down in [D]the cool night [C]air
Go and see what's [D]shak
in' at the Dairy Queen
[G]

[Verse 6]
[C]Down [G]home
Where they [Em]know you by [D]name
[G]and [C]treat you like family
[D]Dow[C]n hom[G]e
A man's [Em]good [D]word and [C]a hand
shake are all you [D]need
Folks [Em]know
If [G]they're fallin' on hard times,
[C]they can fall back hom[A]e
[Am]Those of [G]us raised [C]up
[D]down [G]home
[Am][G]

[Verse 7]
[C]When I was a boy,
[D]I couldn't wai[G]t to leave this pla[Em]ce
But [Am]now I wanna see my children [D]raised
[C]Down

[Verse 8]
[G]home[Em][G][C][G][C][D]
[C]Down [G]home[Em][G][C][D]
Folks [Em]know
If [G]there fallin' on hard [C]times
they can fall back [A]home
Those [Am]of u[G]s raised u[C]p
[D]Down

[Verse 9]
[G]home
Where they [Em]know you by [D]name
and [C]treat you like family
[D]Dow[C]n hom[G]e
[Em]A mans good [D]word and
[C]a handshake are all you [D]need
Folks [Em]know
If [G]they're fallin' on hard times,
[C]they can fall back hom[A]e
Those [Am]of u[G]s raised u[C]p
[D]Down [G]home
[Em][C]

[Verse 10]
[D]
[C]Down [G]home[Em][D][G][C][D]
Way down [G]home[Em][C]
[D]Down [G]home[Em]
[D]Down home
Way down [G]home

[Outro 1]
[Em][C]