Down on Music Row chords by Dolly Parton

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
 (G major) (Dolly Parton)
Down on Music Row
C 
G 
Down  (C major) on music  (G major) Row
If you want to be a star
D 
That's  (D major) where you've got to go

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
G 
 (G major) I could feel a change a comin'
C 
 (C major) I left my hometown a hummin'
G 
 (G major) With my ol' guitar a strummin'
D 
Songs that I had  (D major) wrote
G 
 (G major) I  was on my way to Nashville
C 
 (C major) I just couldn't hardly wait
G 
'Till  (G major) I  could sing my songs
D 
G 
To the folk (D major) s  on Music  (G major) Row

Verse 3
G 
 (G major) I got into Nashville early
C 
 (C major) Sleepy, hungry, tired and dirty
G 
And  (G major) on the steps of RCA
D 
I ate a stale, sweet  (D major) roll
G 
In the  (G major) fountain at the hall of fame
C 
I  (C major) washed my face and read the names
G 
 (G major) In the walkway of the stars
D 
G 
 (D major) Down on Music  (G major) Row

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) Down on Music Row
C 
G 
 (C major) Down on music  (G major) Row
If you want to be a star
D 
That's  (D major) where you've got to go
G 
Ab 
 (G major)  (A flat major) 

Verse 5
I waited there 'till eight o'clock
Db 
When  (D flat major) office doors became unlocked
Ab 
 (A flat major) Then I started walkin'
Eb 
Down the streets of Music Row  (E flat major) 
Ab 
Just a  (A flat major) walkin' up and down the street
Db 
 (D flat major) Tryin' to find out who to see
Ab 
To  (A flat major) help me get on record
Eb 
Ab 
And to hear  (E flat major) the songs I'd  (A flat major) wrote

Verse 6
Ab 
 (A flat major) But I found it goin' rough
Db 
 (D flat major) Everyone was all tied up
Ab 
 (A flat major) Either in a conference
Eb 
Or in the studi (E flat major) o
Ab 
They said  (A flat major) that I could leave a tape
Db 
But  (D flat major) they'd suggest I didn't wait
Ab 
'Cause  (A flat major) everyone was awful busy
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) Down on Music  (A flat major) Row

Verse 7
Ab 
 (A flat major) 
But I could feel that change a comin'
Db 
And  (D flat major) I just kept right on a hummin'
Ab 
 (A flat major) With my ol' guitar still strummin'
Eb 
All them songs that  (E flat major) I'd wrote
Ab 
And  (A flat major) then Chet and Bob at RCA
Db 
Well,  (D flat major) they listened to my songs that day
Ab 
And  (A flat major) they both told me that I was on my way
Eb 
Ab 
 (E flat major) Down on Music  (A flat major) Row