Down By The Side Of The Road Chords by John Prine
Tempo:
69.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Her father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and her [G] daughter an Indian chief.
[Am] [G] Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles to a baseball game [G] and they went all relief.
[D] [G]
[C] The tank took away their [G] clothes, [C] they locked them up inside of [G] her chest [C] and she moved
[G] to Oklahoma and [A] got a tattoo on the side of [D] her breast.
[G] God damn, my socks were still hard.
[D] And [C] from a light on the sofa on the night she was over [G] in my backyard, yeah [C] we was shooting
the breeze, out amongst the trees.
[G] When a shot rang low, it left her [D] standing down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the
side [G] of the road.
A father at mercy, [C] to get her in her sleep, [Am] [G] she's almost alone.
[C] That's all her hair [Am] reaching [G] out for the telephone.
[B] [C] We'd rather see her locked [G] up inside a hole than see her [D] standing down by the side of
[G] the road, [D] down [G] by the side of the road.
[C] And a light flashing out [G] of the sky, then a wind, [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [Bm] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight, light, [Bm] [Am] light,
[G] light.
Too long in the hot [C] sun, she could have been in Wisconsin [G] a long time ago.
[C] Spend too much time inside [G] of the early show.
[C] We'd have all taken, but [G] she didn't wanna go.
She [D] was standing down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the side [G] of the road.
[C] And a light flashing out [Em] of the sky, then a wind, [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [D] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight.
Her [Am] [D] [G] father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and a [G] liar, and an idiot
and a cheat.
Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles at a baseball game, [G] and a win
all her league.
[Am] [G] [C] But thanks to the [G] winner's performance, [C] she locked him up inside [G] of her chest.
[C] And she moved a little, [G] broke her arm up, [A] and got a tattoo on the side [D] of her dread.
Goddamn, [G] my thoughts are still hard.
[C] From the last ball the night she was over [G] in my backyard.
[C] Baby, we're shooting the breeze out of my retreat.
[G] With a strapped plane low, and left [D] her standing down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side of [G] the road.
[C] [G] [C] [G]
Her father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and her [G] daughter an Indian chief.
[Am] [G] Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles to a baseball game [G] and they went all relief.
[D] [G]
[C] The tank took away their [G] clothes, [C] they locked them up inside of [G] her chest [C] and she moved
[G] to Oklahoma and [A] got a tattoo on the side of [D] her breast.
[G] God damn, my socks were still hard.
[D] And [C] from a light on the sofa on the night she was over [G] in my backyard, yeah [C] we was shooting
the breeze, out amongst the trees.
[G] When a shot rang low, it left her [D] standing down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the
side [G] of the road.
A father at mercy, [C] to get her in her sleep, [Am] [G] she's almost alone.
[C] That's all her hair [Am] reaching [G] out for the telephone.
[B] [C] We'd rather see her locked [G] up inside a hole than see her [D] standing down by the side of
[G] the road, [D] down [G] by the side of the road.
[C] And a light flashing out [G] of the sky, then a wind, [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [Bm] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight, light, [Bm] [Am] light,
[G] light.
Too long in the hot [C] sun, she could have been in Wisconsin [G] a long time ago.
[C] Spend too much time inside [G] of the early show.
[C] We'd have all taken, but [G] she didn't wanna go.
She [D] was standing down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the side [G] of the road.
[C] And a light flashing out [Em] of the sky, then a wind, [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [D] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight.
Her [Am] [D] [G] father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and a [G] liar, and an idiot
and a cheat.
Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles at a baseball game, [G] and a win
all her league.
[Am] [G] [C] But thanks to the [G] winner's performance, [C] she locked him up inside [G] of her chest.
[C] And she moved a little, [G] broke her arm up, [A] and got a tattoo on the side [D] of her dread.
Goddamn, [G] my thoughts are still hard.
[C] From the last ball the night she was over [G] in my backyard.
[C] Baby, we're shooting the breeze out of my retreat.
[G] With a strapped plane low, and left [D] her standing down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side of [G] the road.
Key:
G
C
D
Am
A
G
C
D
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ Her father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and her [G] daughter an Indian chief. _ _
_ _ [Am] [G] Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles to a baseball game [G] and they went all relief.
_ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] The tank took away their [G] clothes, [C] they locked them up inside of [G] her chest [C] and she moved
[G] to Oklahoma and [A] got a tattoo on the side of [D] her breast.
_ [G] God damn, my socks were still hard.
[D] And [C] from a light on the sofa on the night she was over [G] in my backyard, yeah [C] we was shooting
the breeze, out amongst the trees.
[G] When a shot rang low, it left her [D] standing down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the
side [G] of the road.
_ _ A father at mercy, [C] to get her in her sleep, [Am] [G] she's almost alone.
[C] _ That's all her hair [Am] reaching [G] out for the telephone.
[B] _ [C] We'd rather see her locked [G] up inside a hole than see her [D] standing down by the side of
[G] the road, [D] down [G] by the side of the road.
_ _ [C] And a light flashing out [G] of the sky, then a wind, _ [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [Bm] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight, _ light, [Bm] [Am] light, _
[G] light.
Too long in the hot [C] sun, she could have been in Wisconsin [G] a long time ago.
[C] Spend too much time inside [G] of the early show.
[C] We'd have all taken, but [G] she didn't wanna go.
She [D] was standing _ down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the side [G] of the road. _ _
_ [C] And a light flashing out [Em] of the sky, then a wind, _ [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [D] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight.
Her _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ [G] father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and a [G] liar, and an idiot
and a cheat.
_ _ _ _ _ Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles at a baseball game, [G] and a win
all her league. _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] But thanks to the [G] winner's performance, [C] she locked him up inside [G] of her chest.
[C] And she moved a little, [G] broke her arm up, [A] and got a tattoo on the side [D] of her dread.
_ Goddamn, [G] my thoughts are still hard.
[C] From the last ball the night she was over [G] in my backyard.
[C] Baby, we're shooting the breeze out of my retreat.
[G] With a strapped plane low, and left [D] her standing _ down by the side [G] of the road.
_ [D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
_ [D] Down by the side of [G] the road. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ Her father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and her [G] daughter an Indian chief. _ _
_ _ [Am] [G] Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles to a baseball game [G] and they went all relief.
_ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] The tank took away their [G] clothes, [C] they locked them up inside of [G] her chest [C] and she moved
[G] to Oklahoma and [A] got a tattoo on the side of [D] her breast.
_ [G] God damn, my socks were still hard.
[D] And [C] from a light on the sofa on the night she was over [G] in my backyard, yeah [C] we was shooting
the breeze, out amongst the trees.
[G] When a shot rang low, it left her [D] standing down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the
side [G] of the road.
_ _ A father at mercy, [C] to get her in her sleep, [Am] [G] she's almost alone.
[C] _ That's all her hair [Am] reaching [G] out for the telephone.
[B] _ [C] We'd rather see her locked [G] up inside a hole than see her [D] standing down by the side of
[G] the road, [D] down [G] by the side of the road.
_ _ [C] And a light flashing out [G] of the sky, then a wind, _ [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [Bm] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight, _ light, [Bm] [Am] light, _
[G] light.
Too long in the hot [C] sun, she could have been in Wisconsin [G] a long time ago.
[C] Spend too much time inside [G] of the early show.
[C] We'd have all taken, but [G] she didn't wanna go.
She [D] was standing _ down by the side [G] of the road, [D] down by the side [G] of the road. _ _
_ [C] And a light flashing out [Em] of the sky, then a wind, _ [C] and it comes a truck, [G] it drove back to me.
[C] Shop's the morning's out, so [G] do you [D] wanna [Em] take a ride?
[A] I ran to the table, [D] moonlight.
Her _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _ [G] father was a failure, [C] her mother was a comfort to a doctor and a [G] liar, and an idiot
and a cheat.
_ _ _ _ _ Her shirt ran out of buttons, [C] she lost all her marbles at a baseball game, [G] and a win
all her league. _
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] But thanks to the [G] winner's performance, [C] she locked him up inside [G] of her chest.
[C] And she moved a little, [G] broke her arm up, [A] and got a tattoo on the side [D] of her dread.
_ Goddamn, [G] my thoughts are still hard.
[C] From the last ball the night she was over [G] in my backyard.
[C] Baby, we're shooting the breeze out of my retreat.
[G] With a strapped plane low, and left [D] her standing _ down by the side [G] of the road.
_ [D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
[D] Down by the side [G] of the road.
_ [D] Down by the side of [G] the road. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _