Monterey chords by Eden Prairie

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
• Key: Gm
• Capo on 1st

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
F#m  E  D  A  F#m  E  D  D

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

Chorus:
        F#m  E    D     A
We keep fa – al - ling
        F#m  E    D     D
We keep fa – al - ling

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solo:
F#m  E  D  D  F#m  E  D  D  F#m  E  D  D  F#m  E  D  D

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

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