Down In Front chords by John Hiatt

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Down In Front
John Hiatt / Two Bit Monsters 1980

John in G
Notated in 2 (measure gets 2 beats)

 1       5
I spend so much ...
  1       4
To learn all your ...
1    5     2-  2-
 I got nothin^Ò ...
     1       5
It^Òs all ...
   4     1
And a matter ...
5     5     5  5
 Some fool ...
1      5       1     4
Down on his knees he says I ...
   1      5     2-   2-
That you^Òre not that ...
  6-      6-      4       4
And no one knows better as he ...
b7      4        5        5
Just what he means when he^...

|1*  2*|3*  6- |6- 5 |5
 Down in front
   |1* 2*  3*  repeat
That^Òs all ...
  |1* 2*   3*
Just two square ...
    4    4    / /
He^Òs a snake ....

Shakin^Ò your head as you lie with the enemy
So much louder than ....

CHORUS

@
|6- /   5 |6- 6- 5  |
 You could be ...
|6- /   5 |6-  5  5  |1  |4 |1 |4 5 |
 Who can^Òt be both-...
|6-  /  5 |6-  6-  5  |
 Turn off the lites ...
|6-  /  5  |6-  5 5 |2-  |2- |5 |5 |
 latch it^Òs just more ...

CHORUS

@ triplets, 3 beats per measure of 2 beats duration
* play the low dom5 interval (in E=e & b) on bottom
 2 strings

Number System: Key Scale Notes (example in key of C)
 1=C 2=D 3=E 4=F 5=G 6=A 7=B 9=D ETC.
   b2=Db   #4=F#     b7=Bb
These hold true for BASS NOTES [ 2-/5 = D-/G ]

Duration Notation:
| = bar line; within bar lines chords divide measure
No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time
 / = play same as previous chord, beat or measure

transcribed by OtMan (Otto Marten) marten@sky.net