Down Around My Place chords by John Hiatt

Chords with lyrics

Capo 2

Intro: D MajorD
E minorEm
The radio is busted, down around my place
E minorEm
Every tool is rusted, down around my place
E minorEm
Creeks and rivers dried up, down around my place
E minorEm
My woman's tears are cried up, down around my place

  D MajorD
And before there came a flood
     E minorEm
Some lost all, even blood
    D MajorD
Now the sun and wind have come
      Am2
and left no trace
        E minorEm
Down around my place
E minorEm
Down around my place

E minorEm
These hunting grounds were hallowed, down around my place
E minorEm
Exhausted fields lay fallow, down around my place
E minorEm
Kingdoms come and crumble, down around my place
E minorEm
My prayers are merely mumbles, down around my place

   D MajorD
And I put my faith in you
    E minorEm
Did you make that error too?
     D MajorD      Am2
Bound to fail that he might show his grace
        E minorEm
Down around my place
E minorEm
Down around my place

Solo: switch between E minorEm and D MajorD

        C/GC/G
They said you wouldn't believe
    G+G
What a paradise this was
      D MajorD
'Til every Adam and Eve, Tom, Dick and Harry
    E minorEm
Started fighting for what he loved

      C/GC/G
So, we fortified the ramparts
    G+G
And we built the mighty towers
     D MajorD
But it was plain to see, we never were free
     E minorEm
From the tyranny of the hour

E minorEm
The family graves keep winkin', down around my place
E minorEm
At every thought I'm thinkin', down around my place
E minorEm
While the young ones crowd the table, down around my place
E minorEm
Bitchin' about no cable, down around my place

D MajorD
And my grandpa says, “Don't worry
        E minorEm
It's always the last one in who's in a hurry
  D MajorD           Am2
To try and slam the door in the next one's face”
        E minorEm
Down around my place
E minorEm
Down around my place
E minorEm
Down around my place
E minorEm
Down around my place
E minorEm
Down around my place