Chatahoochie Chords
by Alan Jackson
Chatahoochie by Alan Jackson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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D----------------------------------5------------------------------|
A-2s3-3-3---2s3-3-3---2s3-3-3--5-7-----2s3-3-3---2s3-3-3--5-7-5-3-|
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G----------------------------------------------------5-----------------|
D----------------------------------5-------------------7-5---5---5-----|
A-2s3-3-3---2s3-3-3---2s3-3-3--5-7--2/3-3-3---2/3-3-3------7---7---7-3-|
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C
Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
G C
Its get hotter than a Hoochie-Koochie
C
We laid rubber on the Georgia asphalt
C G C
We got a little crazy but we never got caught
F
Down by the river on a Friday night
C
A few Miller cans in the pale moonlight
F
Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
D7 G
Never had a plan, just alivin' for the minute
C
Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
G
never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
C
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
G
A lot 'bout living and a little 'bout love
C
We fogged up the window in my ole chevy
G C
I was willin but she wasn't ready'
C
So I settled for a burger and a grape snow cone
C G C
I dropped her off early but I didn't go home
F
Down by the river on a Friday night
C
A few Miller can in the pale moonlight
F
Talkin' 'bout cars and dreamin' 'bout women
D7 G
Never had a plan, just alivin' for the minute
C
Way down yonder on the Chattahoochee
G
never knew how much that muddy water meant to me
C
But I learned how to swim and I learned who I was
G
A lot 'bout living and a little 'bout love