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Drowning On Dry Land Chords

Music by: Albert King
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[Verse 1]
[D]I'm[Eb] goin[D]g [C]down[D].[C][Eb][C][G]
[Em][C]
My nose [Am]is in the [G]sand[Em][G][Em]
I'm [C]going down, down,
[Eb]baby. [C]My nose is in [Am]the sand[G][Em]
[G][C][D]
A cloud of dust just came over me
[C]and I think I'm drowning [G]on dry land
[D]

[Verse 2]
You know, [G]my father told me,
[Bb]son [G]don'[Gm]t ru[C]sh [Gm]to be a man[C][G][Bb][F][C][Em][C]
[G]
[Em]You [C]know, my father told m[Gm]e,
[C]son[Gm] don't yo[C]u rush to be a[Am] man[G][Gm][G][C][Em][G]
[Em][D]
But I went ahead on,
[C]and now I think I'm drowning[D] on dry[G] land
[F][D]

[Verse 3]
You [G]know[C][G]
[F][C]
[G][Gm][G]
[D][Eb][D][C][D][C][G]
[D]my [C]mot[Gm]her [G]told me the story,[Gm]
[C]
[G]about that lil' dog that
couldn't see too [Gm]well[C]
[G]He was crossing a railroad tra[D]ck one[G] day,
[Gm][C][G]
when the train cut off a part
[C]of his tail[G]
He turned around but never looked [Gm]up,
[C]jus[Gm]t to [G]peep over the rail[Gm][C][Gm]
[G]An d she said he lost his
[D]whole [Gm]head[D][Bb][C]
trying to [G]find [Gm]a lit[G]tle
piece of [Gm]tail
That's why [C]I'm

[Verse 4]
going down,
[Bb]my n[C]ose is in the sand[G][Em][C][G][Em][C][D]
A could of dust [C]just came over me
And now I think I'm drowning
on dry [G]land
[C][D]
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