Chords for L.A. Edwards & Ron Blair // Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Cover // "Down South"
Tempo:
118.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Going [A] back down [D] south, [G] gonna meet my [D] daddy's mistress,
[G]
gonna buy [D] back her forgiveness,
[Bm] gonna pay off [A] every witness.
[D] One more time down south, [G] gonna sell the [D] family headstone,
[G]
gonna drag a [D] bag of dry bones,
[Bm] gonna make [A] good all my back loans.
So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let [G] me sleep on [D] your floor,
I'll give you all [A] I have and a little [D] more.
[A] Sleep late [D] down south,
[G] look up my [D] former mentors,
[G] live off [D] Yankee winter, [Bm]
be a landlord [A] and a renter.
[D] Create [A] myself [D] down south,
[G] impress [D] all the women,
[G] pretend I'm [D] Samuel Clemens [Bm]
with his sucker [A] and white linen.
So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let me [G] sleep on your [A] floor,
I'll give you all I have and a little [D] more.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[Bm]
[A]
[D] Spanish [A] moss down [D] south, [G] look up the heroes [D] of my childhood,
[G] but it ain't gonna do [D] me no good, [Bm] carve their names [A] in the wood.
[D] Chase [A] the ghosts down [D] south, [G]
spirits across [D] the dead fields,
[G] mosquitoes hit [D] the windshield, [Bm] all documents [A] remain sealed.
So if I [G] come to your [D] door, let me [G] sleep on your [D] floor,
I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more.
I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more.
[F#]
[G]
gonna buy [D] back her forgiveness,
[Bm] gonna pay off [A] every witness.
[D] One more time down south, [G] gonna sell the [D] family headstone,
[G]
gonna drag a [D] bag of dry bones,
[Bm] gonna make [A] good all my back loans.
So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let [G] me sleep on [D] your floor,
I'll give you all [A] I have and a little [D] more.
[A] Sleep late [D] down south,
[G] look up my [D] former mentors,
[G] live off [D] Yankee winter, [Bm]
be a landlord [A] and a renter.
[D] Create [A] myself [D] down south,
[G] impress [D] all the women,
[G] pretend I'm [D] Samuel Clemens [Bm]
with his sucker [A] and white linen.
So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let me [G] sleep on your [A] floor,
I'll give you all I have and a little [D] more.
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[Bm]
[A]
[D] Spanish [A] moss down [D] south, [G] look up the heroes [D] of my childhood,
[G] but it ain't gonna do [D] me no good, [Bm] carve their names [A] in the wood.
[D] Chase [A] the ghosts down [D] south, [G]
spirits across [D] the dead fields,
[G] mosquitoes hit [D] the windshield, [Bm] all documents [A] remain sealed.
So if I [G] come to your [D] door, let me [G] sleep on your [D] floor,
I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more.
I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more.
[F#]
Key:
D
G
A
Bm
F#
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Going [A] back down [D] south, _ _ _ [G] _ gonna meet my [D] daddy's mistress,
_ [G] _ _
gonna buy [D] back her forgiveness, _ _
[Bm] _ gonna pay off [A] every witness.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] One more time down south, _ _ [G] _ gonna sell the [D] family headstone,
_ [G] _
gonna drag a [D] bag of dry bones, _ _
[Bm] _ gonna make [A] good all my back loans.
_ _ So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let [G] me sleep on [D] your floor,
I'll give you all [A] I have and a little [D] _ more. _
_ _ _ _ _
[A] Sleep late [D] down south, _ _
[G] _ look up my [D] former mentors,
_ _ [G] _ _ live off [D] Yankee winter, _ _ [Bm] _
be a landlord [A] and a renter. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Create [A] myself [D] down south, _
[G] _ _ impress [D] all the women,
_ _ [G] _ _ pretend I'm [D] Samuel Clemens _ _ [Bm] _
with his sucker [A] and white linen. _ _
_ So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let me [G] sleep on your [A] floor,
I'll give you all I have and a little [D] more. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Spanish [A] moss down [D] south, _ _ [G] look up the heroes [D] of my childhood, _ _
[G] _ but it ain't gonna do [D] me no good, _ _ [Bm] carve their names [A] in the wood. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Chase [A] the ghosts down [D] south, _ _ _ [G] _
spirits across [D] the dead fields, _ _
[G] _ _ mosquitoes hit [D] the windshield, _ _ [Bm] _ all documents [A] remain _ sealed.
So if I [G] come to your [D] door, let me [G] sleep on your [D] floor,
I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more.
_ _ I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Going [A] back down [D] south, _ _ _ [G] _ gonna meet my [D] daddy's mistress,
_ [G] _ _
gonna buy [D] back her forgiveness, _ _
[Bm] _ gonna pay off [A] every witness.
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] One more time down south, _ _ [G] _ gonna sell the [D] family headstone,
_ [G] _
gonna drag a [D] bag of dry bones, _ _
[Bm] _ gonna make [A] good all my back loans.
_ _ So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let [G] me sleep on [D] your floor,
I'll give you all [A] I have and a little [D] _ more. _
_ _ _ _ _
[A] Sleep late [D] down south, _ _
[G] _ look up my [D] former mentors,
_ _ [G] _ _ live off [D] Yankee winter, _ _ [Bm] _
be a landlord [A] and a renter. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Create [A] myself [D] down south, _
[G] _ _ impress [D] all the women,
_ _ [G] _ _ pretend I'm [D] Samuel Clemens _ _ [Bm] _
with his sucker [A] and white linen. _ _
_ So if [G] I come to [D] your door, let me [G] sleep on your [A] floor,
I'll give you all I have and a little [D] more. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Spanish [A] moss down [D] south, _ _ [G] look up the heroes [D] of my childhood, _ _
[G] _ but it ain't gonna do [D] me no good, _ _ [Bm] carve their names [A] in the wood. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] Chase [A] the ghosts down [D] south, _ _ _ [G] _
spirits across [D] the dead fields, _ _
[G] _ _ mosquitoes hit [D] the windshield, _ _ [Bm] _ all documents [A] remain _ sealed.
So if I [G] come to your [D] door, let me [G] sleep on your [D] floor,
I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more.
_ _ I'll give you [A] all I have and a little [D] more. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _