Down In The Valley Chords

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Author stefprez [a] 72. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014

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Chords

Csus4

Cmaj9

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			     Down In The Valley - The Head and The Heart
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Tabbed by: Stefano Prezioso
Email: stefprez@gmail.com
 
See my tab of the intro to learn how to play that.
(http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_head_and_the_heart/
down_in_the_valley_intro_ver3_tab.htm) This covers the chord
progression of the rest of the song. Some of the names of the chords diagramed below may
not be 100% correct, but it is how they are played in the song. Call them what you
want, I
couldn't figure out what their technical names were.
 
Also, hammer on the second fret with the second finger as he plays the C chords at
certain points in the song. You can hear it by listening to the song. I didn't think one
hammer-on warranted an entire tab. If you have any questions or corrections, feel free
to email me.
 
(I figured most of this out by watching this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJros32de2Q as well as other live performances.)
 
Csus4
e|-|-|-|-|
B|1|-|-|-|
G|-|-|-|-|
D|-|2|4|-|
A|-|-|3|-|
E|-|-|-|-|
 
C
e|-|-|-|-|
B|1|-|-|-|
G|-|-|-|-|
D|-|2|-|-|
A|-|-|3|-|
E|-|-|-|-|
 
F
e|-|-|-|-|
B|1|-|-|-|
G|-|2|-|-|
D|-|-|4|-|
A|-|-|3|-|
E|-|-|-|-|
 
Am
e|-|-|-|-|
B|1|-|-|-|
G|-|3|-|-|
D|-|2|-|-|
A|-|-|-|-|
E|-|-|-|-|
 
Cmaj9
e|-|-|-|-|
B|1|-|-|-|
G|-|-|-|-|
D|-|-|-|-|
A|-|2|-|-|
E|-|-|-|-|
 
 
 
 
  Csus4	       C        Csus4	   F	        	  C
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
     Csus4	      C            Csus4        F         C
Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
F	              C	              Csus4	          	C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
F	              C	              Csus4            		C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
 
(Repeat Intro Lick)
 
        F             C
Call it one drink too many
        Am         C             C
Call it pride of a man
       F	     C                 Am         C         	C
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
	    F	                    C        	            	C
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
          F	         	  C                             C
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin
 
 
         F        C        Am	  C             C
We do it over and over and over a-gain
         F        C	   Am     C             C
We do it over and over and over a-gain
 
F
   Oh-oh
 
Am
   Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
C          Cmaj9
   Oh-oh
 
F
   Oh-oh
 
Am
   Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
C          Cmaj9
   Oh-oh
 
F
   Oh-oh
 
Am
   Oh-oh-oh-oh
 
C          Cmaj9
   Oh-oh
 
                F	       Am
I know there's  -  California  -  Oklahoma
 
C		         	 Cmaj9
   And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
 
F
   Down in the valley with
Am
   Whiskey rivers
C		            	 Cmaj9
   These are the places you will find me hidin'
F		               Am
   These are the places I will always go
C		               Cmaj9
   These are the places I will always go
 
     F
I am on my way
     Am
I am -  on my way
     C	               Cmaj9
I am on my way back to where I started
 
F	Am	C	Cmaj9
(Keep repeating these chords)
 
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
 
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
(Continue in background)
 
One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
I hear your name...
 
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out
You saw me walkin'...
 
You got a sign on the door and it reads to me
Just like the grass and the sun and the...
 
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
 
Oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh
 
     F
I am on my way
     Am
I am -  on my way
     C	               Cmaj9
I am on my way back to where I started
 
F              Am
   California  -  Oklahoma
C                                Cmaj9
   And all of the places I ain't ever been to but
F
   Down in the valley with
Am
   Whiskey rivers
C                                Cmaj9
   These are the places you will find me hidin'
 
F			       Am
   These are the places I will always go
 
F			       C             C
   These are the places I will always go
 
     F            C           Csus4   C      C
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
 
F         F           C               Csus4  C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
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2 comments

At the very first "These are the places i will always go, these are the places i will always go" The chords should be F Am (which you had) and then F C, not C Cmaj9. I think, anyways.

Works great for me!