Intro -x2-: Ab Db Eb Verse 1: Ab Three leagues down the soft side of where you left my Ab Gold rose crown, you broke down, and left me with a Db Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Eb Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Verse 2: Ab Three weeks down, I drowned myself in whiskey Ab Came back round, and drowned out, and left me with a Db Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Eb Chest hum, a black gun, and forty dollars Interlude: Ab Db Eb Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh Ab Db Eb Chorus: Ab Streetlights talk the same way my mother told me Ab I walk the same way my father told me Db Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier Eb Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier Ab Wise men talk the same way my mother told me Ab I walk the same way my father told me Db Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier Eb Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier Interlude: Ab Db Eb Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh Ab Db Eb Ooooh, oooooh, oooooh, ooooooh Bridge: Abmaj7 You go down south, south Abmaj7 You go down south, south Dbmaj7 You go down south, south Dbmaj7 You go down south, south Abmaj7 You go down south, south Abmaj7 You go down south, south Dbmaj7 You go down south, south Dbmaj7 You go down south, south Abmaj7 You go down south, south Abmaj7 You go down south, south Dbmaj7 You go down south, south Dbmaj7 You go down south, south Outro: Ab Streetlights talk the same way my mother told me -You go down south, south- Ab Eb I walk the same way my father told me -You go down south, south- Db Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier -You go down south, south- Db Eb Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier -You go down south, south- Ab Wise men talk the same way my mother told me -You go down south, south- Ab Eb I walk the same way my father told me -You go down south, south- Db Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier -You go down south, south- Db Eb Ab Back straight, chest out, just like a soldier -You go down south, south-
D-DUU is my personal favorite strumming pattern for this one