Walk Through the Bottomland Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][A][Asus4][D][G][Asus4][A][Asus4]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]A New Jersey [G]lady I [A]knew [Asus4]long ago[D]
And [G]she was [D]a lady [A]I say
But [D]she met a cow[G]boy
who [A]rode on [D]the rodeo
And [G]he stole her [A]heart straight [D]away

[Verse 2]
[D]The New Jersey [G]lady she
[A]loved him so [D]true
An[G]other love [D]she never [Asus4]had
[A]But cow[D]boys are lonesom[G]e
and [Asus4]cowboys a[D]re blue
And [G]they make the [Asus4]ladies so sa[D]d

[Verse 3]
[G]Sing me a [D]melody
[G]Sing me a [D]blues
[G]Walk through the [D]bottomland
[Asus4]without n[D]o shoes
The [G]Brazos she's [D]running scared
[G]She heard the [D]news
[G]Walk through the [D]bottomland
[Asus4]without n[D]o shoes[G][Asus4]

[Verse 4]
The [D]New Jersey [G]lady knew
[Asus4]he loved her [D]too
[G]An d you know she tried
[D]to hold on[Asus4]
[A]But the rod[D]eo lif[G]e was the
[Asus4]life that he k[A]new[D]
[G]He had to keep [Asus4]drifting [D]along

[Verse 5]
[D]She never mar[G]ried and
[Asus4]she never would[D]
And [G]all [D]of the people
they'd [Asus4]say[A]
The [D]New Jersey [G]lady she
[Asus4]just ain't no good[D]
To [G]follow a [Asus4]cowboy that wa[D]y

[Verse 6]
[G]Sing me a [D]melody
[G]Sing me a [D]blues
[G]Walk through the [D]bottomland
[Asus4]without no s[D]hoes
The [G]Brazos she's [D]running scared
[G]She heard the [D]news
[G]Walk through the [D]bottomland
[Asus4]without no s[D]hoes[G][Asus4]
[A]The

[Verse 7]
[G]lady she'd [D]sing him
[Asus4]to sleep in [A]the night[D]
And [G]then in the morn[D]ing
he'd [Asus4]go[A]
[G]She loved [D]the darkness an
[Asus4]d hated t[D]he light
[E]Along with that damn rodeo

[Verse 8]
[A]The [D]New Jersey [G]lady the
[A]day [Asus4]that he d[D]ied
She [G]covered [D]him over with
[Asus4]clay[A][Asus4][A]
[Asus4]And feeling t[D]he wind [G]in
the [Asus4]night as she cri[D]ed
[G]She heard the [A]old cowboy [D]say

[Verse 9]
[G]Sing me a [D]melody
[G]Sing me a [D]blues
[G]Walk through the [D]bottomland
[Asus4]without n[D]o shoes
The [G]Brazos she's [D]running scared
[G]She heard the [D]news
[G]Walk through the [D]bottomland
[A]without [D]no shoes

[Verse 10]
[G]Sing me a [D]melody
[G]Sing me a [D]blues
[G]Walk through the [D]bottomland
[Asus4]without n[Asus4]o shoes[D]
The [G]Brazos she's running scared
She [G]heard the news
Walk through the bottomland
[A]without [Asus4]no shoes

[Verse 11]
Won't you walk through the
bottomland without no shoes?