Down On Music Row chords by Dolly Parton

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: B

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
G

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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