Pass It On Down Chords

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Pass It On Down by Alabama is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, G, D and C/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			submitted by Jason Herndon, [email protected] 
any revisions/corrections welcome, its very easy and barre  
chords sound nice when convenient to the player 
 
    A                     G 
We live in the land of plenty 
      D                                     A            
But many things aren't plenty anymore 
                                     
Like the water from our sink 
        G    
They say is not safe to drink 
D                                           A                
you gotta go and buy it at the store. 
                G                                   A 
Now, we're told there's a hole in the ozone 
G                                   A    
Look whats washing on the beach 
     
And Lord, I believe  
            G 
From the heavens to the seas 
        D                                       A 
We're bringing mother nature to her knees 
 
So lets 

D 
Leave some blue up above us 
        C/G         D               A 
Let's leave some green on the ground 
     
Its only ours to borrow 
         G   
Let's save some for tommorrow 
D                                   A 
Leave it and Pass It On Down 
 
 
 
The place where I lived called the canyon 
Where my daddy taught me to swim 
And that water is so pure 
And I'm gonna make sure 
Daddy's grandkids can swim there like him 
 
Now we all ought to feel just a little bit guilty 
When we look into the eyes of our kids 
Cause brothers, its a fact 
if we take and not put back 
they'll have to pay for all we did 
 
So lets 
CHORUS 
Leave some blue up above us 
Let's leave some green on the ground 
Its only ours to borrow 
Let's save some for tommorrow 
Leave it and Pass It On Down 
 
Well, there's a change taking place away on the mountains 
Acid rain is falling on the leaves 
And down in Brazil 
The fires are burning still 
How we gonna breathe without them trees? 
 
Repeat chorus several times until song ends 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante