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Chattahoochee Chords by Alan Jackson

Chattahoochee chords by Alan Jackson

Guitar chords with lyrics

Instrumental Intro

E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
B|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
G|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|--------------------|----------------|------------5-7-5-|
A|-2h3-3-2h3-3-2h3|3-2h3-3-1p0----0----|-2h3-3-2h3-3-2h3|3-2h3-3-5/7-------|
E|----------------|------------3-----3-|----------------|------------------|



E|-----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G|-----------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------------|
D|-----------------|--------------|----------------|-------------5--7------|
A|-2h3-3-2h3-3-3-3-|-0----5hbr--3-|-2h3-3-2h3-3-2h3|3-2h3-3-5/7--------7---|
E|-----------------|----3---------|----------------|-----------------------|


E|-----------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------|-------------|------------5sm-----5--|
G|-5---------------------|-----------|-------------|------------5sm-----5--|
D|-------7-----5--7------|-5--7------|-------------|---5--7--5-------------|
A|----7-----7--------6/7-|------5hbr-|-3----------5/7----------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------|-------------|-----------------------|


Verse 1
C
Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
		      G		  C
it gets hotter than a hoochie-coochie.
C
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt.
C			     G	       C
We got a little crazy, but we never got caught.

Chorus
F
Down by the river on a Friday night,
C
pyramid of cans in the pale moonlight,
F
talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women.
D7					G
Never had a plan; just-a livin' for the minute.

Verse 2
C
Yeah way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
				     G
never knew how much that muddy water meant to me,
C
but I learned how to swim and I learned who I was;
			 G
A lot about living and a little 'bout love.

Instrumental Break (like Intro, but without first two measures)

Verse 3
C
Well, we fogged up the windows in my old Chevy;
                                G
I was willin? but she wasn't ready.
C
So I settled for a burger and a grape Snocone.
                            G
I dropped her off early but, I didn't go home.

Chorus

Instrumental Break (Fiddle, chords like chorus)

Chorus
A lot about living and a little 'bout love

Instrumental outro (like Intro)

Fills 1st and 3rd line   Fills 1st and      Turn around at end of
of Verses              3rd line of Chorus  Chorus exc. last Chorus

E|---------------------|---------------0-|----------------------|
B|---------------1-----|---------------1-|----------------------|
G|--0------------0-----|----0----------0-|----------------------|
D|-----1p0-------------|-2-----2p0-------|----------------------|
A|----------3----------|------------3----|------------0-----2---|
E|---------------------|-----------------|-2h3--3--3------------|

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About this song

"Chattahoochee" by Alan Jackson features a catchy country melody with a prominent twangy guitar riff. The song was co-written by Jackson and Jim McBride, and it became a number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The guitar work on the track showcases a mix of chicken pickin' and country rock techniques, adding to its energetic feel. The song's lyrics pay homage to the joys of summertime and growing up in the South.