Maggie Creek Road Chords by Reba Mcentire

Tempo:
87.1 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

Eb

F

Cm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Maggie Creek Road chords
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[Gm] [Cm] [Gm] [F]
[Gm] [Cm] [Gm] [F]
[Eb] Mama stood on the front porch wringing her [Gm] [Cm] hands
[Eb] Watched the taillights fading on his black [Gm] trans am
[F]
[Gm] With her precious little baby taking off inside
[Cm]
[Eb] Staring at he on the stars in her [Gm] eyes [F] She [Eb] tried to tell her but the girl might as
well [Gm] have been deaf [Cm]
[Eb] She wasn't gonna listen to a word she said
[G] Don't [Bb] go down [C] Maggie Creek [Gm] Road With a [Eb] boy [F] looking like [Gm] that
He'll tell you [Bb] things that you [C] wanna [Gm] hear And there'll be [Bb] no [F] turning back
[Gm] There's an [Bb] oak tree [C] down by the [Gm] lake In the [Eb] shade where the [F] [Gm] wildflowers grow
What'll happen only [C] heaven [Eb] knows So don't [D] go down [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
[Cm] [G] [Gm]
[Cm] It [Gm] [F] [Eb] was a steel black night as dark as [Gm] coal [Cm] [Eb] Nobody heard her when she said [Gm] no
[Eb] She kicked and screamed and got free [Gm] somehow [Cm] [Eb] Tore her dress on the door when he pushed
her [Gm] around [F] She [Eb] walked thirteen miles on the gravel [Gm] road
[Cm] With [Eb] tears in her eyes twenty years ago [G] Don't [Bb] go down [C] Maggie Creek [Gm] Road
With a [Eb] boy [F] looking like [Gm] that He'll tell you things that you wanna hear
And there'll [Bb] be no [F] turning [Gm] back There's an [Bb] oak tree [C] down by the [Gm] lake
In the [Eb] shade where the [F] [Gm] wildflowers grow What'll happen only [C] heaven [Eb] knows
So don't [D] go down [Eb] Maggie Creek Road
[F] [Eb]
[D] [G] [Gm]
[Cm] [Gm] [Dm] [Gm]
[Cm] Somehow [Gm] [Eb]
mamas always [Gm] know [C] [Eb] Cause they should have been home an hour [Gm] ago
[Eb] When she pulled up it was just going [Gm] down She [Eb] turned her headlights off didn't make a [Gm] sound
She [Eb] heard her baby cry nobody wouldn't [Gm] stop [Eb] Her heart went cold and her blood ran [Gm] hot
[Eb] With a pistol in her hand she opened his [Gm] door You [Eb] don't wanna see mama go to war
[Gm] Don't go down Maggie Creek Road With a [Eb] boy [F] looking like [Gm] that
He'll tell you things that you wanna hear And there'll [Bb] be no [Dm] turning [Gm] back
There's an oak tree down by the lake In the [Eb] shade where the [F] [Gm] wildflowers grow
What'll happen only [C] heaven [Eb] knows So don't [D] go down
[Eb] I said don't [D] go [Dm] down [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
[Cm]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm] [Bb] [C]
[Gm] [Eb] [F] [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
[C]
[Gm] Don't [F] [Gm] go down Maggie Creek Road
[C]
[Eb] [D] [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
[Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gm] [Cm]
[Gm] [F] [Gm] [Cm]
Key:  
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
C
3211
Gm
123111113
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
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To start learning Reba Mcentire - Maggie Creek Road chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Eb, F, Gm, Cm, Gm, Cm, Eb and Gm in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 43 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 87. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: G Minor.

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[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _
[Eb] Mama stood on the front porch wringing her [Gm] [Cm] hands _
[Eb] Watched the taillights fading on his black [Gm] trans am
[F] _ _
[Gm] With her precious little baby taking off inside
[Cm] _ _ _
[Eb] Staring at he on the stars in her [Gm] eyes [F] _ She [Eb] tried to tell her but the girl might as
well [Gm] have been deaf [Cm] _ _
[Eb] She wasn't gonna listen to a word she said
[G] Don't [Bb] go down [C] Maggie Creek [Gm] Road With a [Eb] boy [F] looking like [Gm] that
He'll tell you [Bb] things that you [C] wanna [Gm] hear And there'll be [Bb] no [F] turning back
[Gm] There's an [Bb] oak tree [C] down by the [Gm] lake In the [Eb] shade where the [F] [Gm] wildflowers grow
What'll happen only [C] heaven [Eb] knows So don't [D] go down [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
[Cm] _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] It [Gm] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] was a steel black night as dark as [Gm] coal _ [Cm] _ [Eb] Nobody heard her when she said [Gm] no
_ _ [Eb] She kicked and screamed and got free [Gm] somehow _ [Cm] _ [Eb] Tore her dress on the door when he pushed
her [Gm] around [F] She [Eb] walked thirteen miles on the gravel [Gm] road
[Cm] With _ [Eb] tears in her eyes twenty years ago _ _ [G] Don't [Bb] go down [C] Maggie Creek [Gm] Road
With a [Eb] boy [F] looking like [Gm] that He'll tell you things that you wanna hear
And there'll [Bb] be no [F] turning [Gm] back There's an [Bb] oak tree [C] down by the [Gm] lake
In the [Eb] shade where the [F] [Gm] wildflowers grow What'll happen only [C] heaven [Eb] knows
So don't [D] go down [Eb] Maggie Creek Road
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _
[Cm] Somehow _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
mamas always [Gm] know _ [C] [Eb] Cause they should have been home an hour [Gm] ago
_ _ [Eb] When she pulled up it was just going [Gm] down She [Eb] turned her headlights off didn't make a [Gm] sound
She _ [Eb] heard her baby cry nobody wouldn't [Gm] stop _ _ [Eb] Her heart went cold and her blood ran [Gm] hot
_ _ [Eb] With a pistol in her hand she opened his [Gm] door You [Eb] don't wanna see mama go to war
_ _ [Gm] Don't go down Maggie Creek Road With a [Eb] boy [F] looking like [Gm] that
He'll tell you things that you wanna hear And there'll [Bb] be no [Dm] turning [Gm] back
There's an oak tree down by the lake In the [Eb] shade where the [F] [Gm] wildflowers grow
What'll happen only [C] heaven [Eb] knows So don't [D] go down
[Eb] I said don't [D] go [Dm] down _ [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
[Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _
[Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ [F] [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
_ [C] _
[Gm] Don't _ [F] [Gm] go down _ _ _ _ _ Maggie Creek Road
_ [C] _
[Eb] _ _ [D] _ [Gm] Maggie Creek Road
[Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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