Down In The Valley Uke tab by The Head And The Heart

5 Chords used in the song: F, C, Am, G, AM

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Year:  2010
Difficulty: 
2.3
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords and Tablature
A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3--------3--------3-----|
E--3-------0-----------------0----------------------------------------------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0---0--0-0----|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------0--------2--------0---------|

A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3-----------------------|
E--3-------0-----------------0-----------------------------------0--0-------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0---0--------------|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------2--------0--0-0----0-0------|

A------------------------------------------------|
E-------------0--0-----------0-------------------|
C---0---0------------0---0-----------------------|
G------0-0------0-0-----0-0----------------------|

A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3--------3--------3-----|
E--3-------0-----------------0----------------------------------------------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0---0--0-0----|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------0--------2--------0---------|

A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3-----------------------|
E--3-------0-----------------0-----------------------------------0--0-------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0---0--------------|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------2--------0--0-0----0-0------|

A------------------------------------------------|
E-------------0--0-----------0-------------------|
C---0---0------------0---0-----------------------|
G------0-0------0-0-----0-0----------------------|

F F C C Am Am C C C C
I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade
F F C C Am Am C C C C
Like ridin' around on railcars and workin' long days
F F C C C C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways
F F C C C C
Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways

A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3--------3--------3-----|
E--3-------0-----------------0----------------------------------------------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0---0--0-0----|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------0--------2--------0---------|

A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3-----------------------|
E--3-------0-----------------0-----------------------------------0--0-------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0---0--------------|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------2--------0--0-0----0-0------|

A------------------------------------------------|
E-------------0--0-----------0-------------------|
C---0---0------------0---0-----------------------|
G------0-0------0-0-----0-0----------------------|

A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3--------3--------3-----|
E--3-------0-----------------0----------------------------------------------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0--0-0---0--0-0----|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------0--------2--------0---------|

A------3-------3-------5--------------------3-------3-----------------------|
E--3-------0-----------------0-----------------------------------0--0-------|
C--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0----0--0--0----0--0-0--0--0-0---0---0--------------|
G------------------7------------7-------2-------2--------0--0-0----0-0------|

A------------------------------------------------|
E-------------0--0-----------0-------------------|
C---0---0------------0---0-----------------------|
G------0-0------0-0-----0-0----------------------|

F F C C
Call it one drink too many
Am Am C C C C
Call it pride of a man
F F C C Am Am C C
But it don't make no difference if you sit or you stand
F F (Straight strum) (stop) C C
'Cause they both end in trouble and start with a grin
F F (straight strum) (stop) C C
Yeah they both end in trouble and start with a grin


F F C C Am Am C C
We do it over and over and over again
F F C C Am Am C C
We do it over and over and over again


F F Am Am C C G G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (slow) (straight strumming)
F F Am Am C C
Oh -oh -oh -oh (build)


F F Am Am
I know there's California, Oklahoma
C C G G
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but


F F
Down in the valley with
Am Am
Whiskey rivers
C C G G
These are the places you will find me hidin'
F F Am Am
These are the places I will always go ( not slow)
C C G G
These are the places I will always go ( not slow )

F F
I am on my way ( slow )
Am Am
I am on my way (slow)
C C G G
I am on my way back to where I started

F F Am Am C C G G (build)

F F Am Am C C G G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (straight strumming)


F F Am Am C C G G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (build)


F F AM AM
One more for the stars and the eyes of the walls
C C G G
I saw your face... I heard you callin out

F F...............................AM............ (build)

C C G G
I saw your face in the crowd and you came out

F F...................AM............ (build)

C C G G
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night
F F AM AM
There was a sign on the door and it reads to me to me
C C G G
Just like the sun and the moon and the stars at night...

F F Am Am C C G G
Oh -oh -oh -oh (straight strumming)


F F Am Am C C G G
Oh -oh -oh -oh


F F
I am on my way (slow)
AM AM
I am on my way (slow)

C C G G
I am on my way back to where I started

F F Am Am
I know there's California, Oklahoma
C C G G
And all of the places I ain't ever been to but

F F
Down in the valley with
Am Am
Whiskey rivers
C C G G
These are the places you will find me hidin'
F F Am Am
These are the places I will always go (slow)
C C G G
These are the places I will always go (slow)
F F C C
So I wish I was a slave to an age-old trade

Lord have mercy on my rough and rowdy ways

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