Down In A Hole chords by Jason Isbell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

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

🎸 Intro:

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🎸 Verse 1:
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Standing in the window with his tongue hanging out
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like the king of something evil in a year-long drought
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With a dirty white suit, a big white hat
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a bullet in his pocket no matter where he's at
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He's trouble but ain't we all
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Trouble but ain't we all

🎸 Verse 2:
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His daughter was a looker but five'll get you ten
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He dressed her like a hooker and she smelled like sin
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She had a ragtop car, she made good grades
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She didn't like her daddy 'cuz he wouldn't let her date
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She was trouble but ain't they all
A7A7   G7G7        E7E7
Trouble but ain't they all

🎸 Chorus:
A7A7       E7E7
 Don't work for him boy
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 It's like selling your soul
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 He’ll turn his back and leave you
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 Way down in a hole
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 His daddy wasn't a good man
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 He owned most of the town
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 He bought up all the farmland
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 and tore up all the ground

🎸 Instrumental:
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🎸 Verse 3:
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He covered up the county in stone and creosote
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Came to football games in a new fur coat
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Had a real big wife and a real big grin
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He gave thanks to Jesus for the shape that he was in
   A7A7   G7G7       E7E7
He's trouble but ain't we all
A7A7   G7G7       E7E7
Trouble but ain't we all

🎸 Chorus:
A7A7        E7E7
 Big sign on the roadside
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 telling me how to live
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 A augmentedA couple things that he done
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 Real hard to forgive
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 So don't work for him, boy
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 It's like selling your soul
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He'll walk away and he’ll leave you
A augmentedA       G7G7
 way down in a hole

🎸 Outro:
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