Way down chords by Bobby Pinson

SimplifiedG · D · C · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Way  (D major) down at the
bottom of the river
C 
There's a  (C major) locket with a picture of me
D 
She drowned  (D major) what I thought was forever
C 
She locked  (C major) up our love
and lost the key

Verse 2

A friend of mine heard

from a friend of hers

She was workin' on last name number three

There was a time I'd have

relished those words

But I'm not where I used to be

Verse 3
G 
D 
G 
D 
G 
 (G major) Way  (D major) down,  (G major) weighted  (D major) down at the bottom  (G major) 
D 
C 
I almost drown  (D major) in a shallow dream  (C major) 
D 
G 
D 
G 
A  (D major)  (G major) light shined  (D major) down and  (G major) life
D 
was  (D major) waiting at the top
G 
D 
When I let  (G major) go of the pas (D major) t
C 
that was draggin' me  (C major) 

Verse 4

Way down, on an Oklahoma highway

There's a cafe where they'll remember me

I broke down by a pay phone in the hallway

Put my fist through a drywall sheet

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) I hit a wall trying to find
C 
some  (C major) kinda way
To find some peace
D 
 (D major) Buried it all when I dug a grave
C 
For all  (C major) the pain that was pulling me

Verse 6
G 
D 
G 
D 
G 
 (G major) Way  (D major) down,  (G major) weighted  (D major) down at the bottom  (G major) 
D 
I almost drown  (D major) in a shallow dream
C 
D 
G 
D 
G 
 (C major) A   (D major)  (G major) light shined  (D major) down and  (G major) life
D 
was  (D major) waiting at the top
G 
D 
C 
When I let  (G major) go of the pas (D major) t that was dragging me,  (C major) 
Em 
C 
way  (E minor)  (C major) down