Down On Music Row chords by Dolly Parton

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

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

Key: BB

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
G+G

Chorus:
G+G
Down on Music Row
C majorC
Down on music Row
G+G
If you want to be a star
D MajorD             G+G
That's where you've got to go

Verse 1:
G+G
I could feel a change a coming
C majorC
I left my hometown a humming
G+G
With my ol' guitar a strumming
D MajorD
Songs that I had wrote
G+G
I was on my way to Nashville
C majorC
I just couldn't hardly wait
G+G
Till I could sing my songs
D MajorD           G+G
To the folks on Music Row


Verse 2:
G+G
I got into Nashville early
C majorC
Sleepy, hungry, tired and dirty
G+G
And on the steps of RCA
D MajorD
I ate a stale, sweet roll
G+G
In the fountain at the hall of fame
C majorC
I washed my face and read the names
G+G
In the walkway of the stars
D MajorD       G+G
Down on Music Row

Chorus:
G+G
Down on Music Row
C majorC
Down on music Row
G+G
If you want to be a star
D MajorD             G+G
That's where you've got to go


Verse 3:
G#G#
I waited there 'till eight o'clock
C#C#
When office doors became unlocked
G#G#
Then I started walking
D#D#
Down the streets of Music Row
G#G#
Just a walking up and down the street
C#C#
Trying to find out who to see
G#G#
To help me get on record
D#D#            G#G#
And to hear the songs I'd wrote


Verse 4:
G#G#
But I found it going rough
C#C#
Everyone was all tied up
G#G#
Either in a conference
D#D#
Or in the studio
G#G#
They said that I could leave a tape
C#C#
But they'd suggest I didn't wait
G#G#
'Cause everyone was awful busy
D#D#      G#G#
Down on Music Row


Verse 5:
G#G#
But I could feel that change a coming
C#C#
And I just kept right on a humming
G#G#
With my ol' guitar still strumming
D#D#
All them songs that I'd wrote
G#G#
And then Chet and Bob at RCA
C#C#
Well, they listened to my songs that day
G#G#
And they both told me that I was on my way
D#D#      G#G#
Down on Music Row


Chorus:
G+G
Down on Music Row
C majorC
Down on music Row
G+G
If you want to be a star
D MajorD             G+G
That's where you've got to go