Down Around My Place Chords by John Hiatt

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_ [F#m] _ The radio is busted _ down [E] _ around [F#m] my place.
_ _ Every tool is rusted _ _ [E] down around [F#m] my place.
_ _ Creeks and rivers dried up _ _ _ [E] down around my [F#m]
place.
_ My woman's tears are cried up _ _ [E] down around [F#m] my place.
_ [A] And before there came [E] a flood, _ some [Bm] lost all even [F#m] blood.
_ _ [A] Now the sun and wind [E] have come and left no _ [Bm] trace _
_ down [F#m] around my place, _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] down around [F#m] my place. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [C#m] _ These [F#m] _ _
_ _ haunting grounds were _ hallowed [A] _ [E] down [F#] around my _ [F#m]
place.
_ _ Exhausted fields lay fallow _ _ [E] _ down around [F#] my place.
_ _ _ [F#m] Kingdoms come and crumble _ _ [E] down around [F#m] my place.
_ Our prayers are merely mumbled _ _ _ [E] down [F#] around my [F#m] place.
And [A] I put my faith in [E] you, _ _ [Bm] did you make that ever [F#m] true?
_ _ [A] _ Bound to fail, [E] that he might show his [B] grace _
_ down around [F#m] my place, _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [C#m] down around _ [F#m] my place, _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] down around [F#m] my place.
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_ [D] Said you wouldn't believe _ _ _ [A] what a paradise this _ was.
[E] Every Adam and Eve, Tropic and Herod, _ [B] started fighting [F#m] for what he loved.
_ Said [D] we fortified the ramparts [A] and we built the mighty tower. _
_ But [E] it was plain to see we never were free [B] from the tyranny of [F#m] the hour.
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Family graves keep winking [A] _ _
down [F#m] around my place. _
At every thought I'm thinking _ [A] _ _
[E] down around [F#] my _ _ [F#m] place.
While the young ones crowd the table _ _ _
[E] down [F#m] around my place. _
_ Bitching about no cable _ [E] down _ around [F#m] my place. _
And my [A] grandpa says [E] don't worry, it's always the [Bm] last one in who's [F#m] in a hurry.
_ [A] To try and slam [E] the door in the next one's [F#m] _ face. _
Down around my place, _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ down around, [F#m] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ place. _