Cairoil chords by The Brother Brothers

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC G+G FF A minorAm Am7Am7  FF C majorC G+G
C majorC G+G FF A minorAm Am7Am7  FF C majorC G+G

Verse 1:
C majorC                 G+G
Well a town's a town when you're upside down,
FF          A minorAm   Am7Am7     FF
Lay your bones on a bed, it's that easy
G+G         C majorC   G+G
To have a kind of home

C majorC            G+G
Where the money goes I know too well
FF           A minorAm    Am7Am7     FF
Spreads out like the jobs I've worked so many
   C majorC         G+G
Hard days don't seem to end

Pre-Chorus 1:
     A minorAm   E minorEm   FF    C majorC
Well I'm wasting time, wasting time
   FF       C majorC       G+G
And I only know one way to go to start again

    C majorC       G+G
Let it roll, let it roll
     A minorAm      E minorEm
Down the banks of the Ohio
     FF       C majorC
When you can't rely on what you make
  FF        G+G
To pay the rent on time

    C majorC    G+G
So I'm goin' away,
   A minorAm      E minorEm
Down to the fortifio (?)
  FF         C majorC    G+G
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
     C majorC
I'm gonna stay

Fiddle break:
(C majorC) G+G FF A minorAm Am7Am7  FF C majorC G+G

Verse 2:
   C majorC            G+G
Now what do you say when the bottom falls out,
FF       A minorAm    Am7Am7  FF
Try to make amends with anybody
   G+G        C majorC   G+G
That ever caused you pain

    C majorC               G+G
It's no fault of mine that it should end this way
FF         A minorAm    Am7Am7  FF
And I wont' apologize to anybody
    C majorC          G+G
For a thing that I can't change

Pre-Chorus 2:
        A minorAm    E minorEm      FF    C majorC
See I'm used to bein' alone, used to bein' alone,
       FF       C majorC       G+G
See it's the only way that I know how to get to where I'm goin',

Chorus:
    C majorC       G+G
Let it roll, let it roll
     A minorAm      E minorEm
Down the banks of the Ohio
     FF       C majorC
When you can't rely on what you make
  FF        G+G
To pay the rent on time

    C majorC    G+G
So I'm goin' away,
   A minorAm      E minorEm
Down to the fortifio (?)
  FF         C majorC    G+G
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
     C majorC
I'm gonna stay

Fiddle break:
C majorC G+G FF A minorAm Am7Am7  FF C majorC G+G
C majorC G+G FF A minorAm Am7Am7  FF C majorC G+G

Pre-Chorus 3:
   A minorAm E minorEm   FF         C majorC
Woah Cairo, you build your levies tall,
      FF        C majorC
I want to sit beside the water
  G+G
And forget about it all.

Chorus:
    C majorC       G+G
Let it roll, let it roll
     A minorAm      E minorEm
Down the banks of the Ohio
     FF       C majorC
When you can't rely on what you make
  FF        G+G
To pay the rent on time

    C majorC    G+G
So I'm goin' away,
   A minorAm      E minorEm
Down to the fortifio (?)
  FF         C majorC    G+G
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
     FF
I'm gonna stay

Fiddle outro:
(FF) C majorC G+G FF A minorAm Am7Am7  FF G+G C majorC