Monterey chords by Eden Prairie

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Key: G minorGm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD

Verse 1:
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I was all of 17 when you moved from Monterey
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And I’d never known loving quite that way
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In the throws of youthful bravado we had nothing else but time
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And I swore I’d never take that job working down the mine

Chorus:
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   A augmentedA
We keep fa – al - ling
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We keep fa – al - ling

Verse 2:
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You weren't fooled by dreams of money or a young boy's quest for fame
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It was something else that made you take my name
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We were of a time when people lived according to the Lord
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And a girl in your condition had to fall upon her sword

Chorus:
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling

Verse 3:
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Now the winters here are brutal and the wind it chills your bones
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And the dampness never leaves your clothes
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The years have done their damage and the whiskey’s played its part
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As the calluses upon my hands moved towards my heart

Chorus:
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling

Verse 4:
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The mines are all a-closing and there's no work to be found
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Our faces match the thunder brewing on the edge of town
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And the litany of promises that disappeared like ice
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Left us like a gambler shooting craps with loaded dice

Chorus:
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling
    F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD   D MajorD
We keep fa – al - ling

Solo:
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD D MajorD

Verse 5:
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Now you're sitting here and dreaming bout the bluffs of Monterey
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It was never all that warm there anyway
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And all the things we should have said so many years before
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Are flaking like the decaying paint upon the kitchen door

Outro:
      F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD  D MajorD      F# minorF#m E MajorE  D MajorD  D MajorD
The kitchen do – o - or,   kitchen do – o - or