Chords for Phil Stubbs-Down Home

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When I'm walking down them [B] rocky, narrow dirt roads,
with a basket of [C#] potatoes on my head,
oh, [F#] don't you worry, [B] I come from down home.
That's where [C#] the island folks bake their potato [F#] bread.
They bake it down home,
_ outside in the Dutch [B] oven, down home.
[F#] Wrapped in banana leaf, down home.
My, my, it tastes so sweet, [B] down home.
_ [F#] Hee, hee, hee, _ hee. _ _ _
If you're looking for a [B] little entertainment,
_ I'll tell you, you don't have [C#] to travel far,
for [F#] them Recon Train [B] boys will excite you.
_ [C#] All weekend, they play at the [F#] neighbor's car.
They'll bake you down, down home.
_ They'll send you in a [G#m] trance, down home.
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You'll shuffle your feet, down home.
Call the Recon Train so sweet, [B] down home.
[F#] Hee, hee, hee, hee. _ _ _ _ _
When your body's feeling low [B] and run down,
and you think you need a little pick [C#]-me-up, _
or some [F#] love behind five fingers and [B] a strong bark,
then [C#] every day, drinks [F#] of love will lift you up,
down home. _
It'll make you [B] strong, down home.
[F#] _
Got plenty of iron, down home.
_ It'll make you strong like a lion, [B] down _ home.
[F#] Hee, hee, hee, hee. _ _ _ _ _
And when [E] they ask you where you're from,
tell them you come, [F#] down home. _ _ _
_ [E] You mustn't be ashamed, great names came,
[F#] from down home. _ _ _
[E] You want soup, and Johnny Cake,
_ goodness sake, [F#] let's go down home. _ _ _
You [E] could catch the mail, and we'll sail [F#] on, down home. _ _ _
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_ Morning time, and you feel [B] like having tea, _
just remember, you're not in the [C#] city. _
So here's [F#] the menu, _ [B] old island style.
Just [C#] bend the bush, [F#] they're bowing wild,
you got sour leaf, down home.
_ You got fever grass, [B] down home.
_ _ [F#] You got grass and leaves, down home.
You got field seed and peppermint leaf, [B] down _ home.
[F#] Hee, hee, hee, hee. _ _ _ _ _
I remember those cold, cold [B] _
winters.
Our bodies would tremble through [C#] the night. _
But [F#] Mama, she was [B] so caring.
She [G#m] sewed [C#] flowerpots together, [F#] she snuggled us tight.
Snuggled us tight, down home.
Through the winter nights, [B] down home.
_ [F#] We covered the flowerpot, down home.
_ Sometimes it's cold inside, [B] down home.
[F#] Hee, hee, hee, _ hee. _ _ _
_ At Christmas time, it was [B] so exciting.
Pacing costumes was [C#] the thing to do.
[F#] Then we waited for Boxing Day [B] morning.
That's when we [C#] celebrated, _ [F#] Junction Move.
We picked them from the town hall.
_ We'd eat them looking from town [B] _ hall.
[F#] _
We'd blow our nooses, down hall. _ _
We'd blow our whistles, down [B] _ [F#] hall.
Hee, hee, hee, hee. _ _ _ _ _
And when [E] the evening came,
they stood and rest, [F#] down home. _ _ _
_ [E] Under coconut tree, down by the [F#] sea, down home. _ _ _ _
[E] And when you're feeling hot, something will take the spot.
[F#] You'll find it, down home. _ _ _
_ [E] Just bring along a pitcher, you'll drink any switcher, [F#] down home. _ _ _ _
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Growing up on the island was [B] so much fun. _
_ Especially when nighttime [C#] rolled around.
Because Papa would [F#] tell us [B] bedtime stories.
He told us [C#] stories when we were [F#] sleeping sound.
He told us stories, down hall.
_ _ About Boogie and Baraki, down [B] hall.
_ [F#] About Jack and the Glory, down hall.
Then he'd say that he had a story, [B] down hall.
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He made us laugh, down _ hall.
We went ha, ha, ha, [B] down hall.
_ [F#] _
We didn't know much, down hall.
Ah, but we had so much laugh, [B] down hall.
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Our book comes from down hall.
_ He led my mama [B] down hall.
[F#] He taught us the golden rules, down hall.
And a little part of the course from the school, [G#m] down hall.
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_ _ _ Down hall, _ _ telling the truth, [B] down hall.
_ [F#] Ah, ha, ha, _ _ _ _ down hall. _
_ [B] Down hall, _ [F#] down hall, help me sing, down hall.
Sing it, sweetly, my ear ring, [B] down hall.
_ _ [F#] Ah, oh my, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ down [B] hall.
[F#] _ _ _ _
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_ [B] Down [F#] hall, _ _ ship of hope, down hall.
Up and going, you can hear it, [B] down hall.
_ _ [F#] Ah, ha, ha, down _ hall.
Up and touching, [B] down hall.
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_ Down hall, _ _ _ _ [G#m] down hall, _ [F#] _ _
_ down _ hall. _ _
_ Down [B] hall, _ [F#] _ _
_ down hall.
Down _ _
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_ _ _ _ hall, down hall, down hall.
_ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ _ _ _
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_ _ They call me frog snake.
I'm [B] in a poor [F#] state.
Yet I stay on guard.
I protect the yard.
They hardly feed me.
[B] Sometimes I'm so thirsty.
[F#] _ They say, fine, that's not fair.
They grieve.
They don't love me.
They [C#] only know me [F#] when they need me.
_ _ _ _ They don't love me.
They only [C#] know me when [F#] they need me.
_ _ _ _ They tie me out [B] in the burning [F#] sun.
If I'm lucky, _ when I break a wind run, you should see them.
[B] Oh, how [F#] they grin at my little food, sipping over garbage bins.
They don't love me.
They [C#] only know me [F#] when they need me.
_ _ _ _ They don't love me.
They only [C#] know me when [F#] they need me. _ _ _