Ragged Old Town Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays474

Ragged Old Town by Brown Bird is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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  			                  Am                          Dm 
She's the dying heart of this ragged old town 
         Am                                         E 
She done dug her own grave in the rocky soil ground 
            Am                                      Dm 
But now she know she ain't gonna lay down until the wolf has gone away 
                     Am            E                   Am 
And the hunter come around no one knows what's come around 

                   Am                         Dm 
And in the golden days of the terror-less time 
                    Am                                                  E 
She never needed anybody around tell her how to keep her worries in line 
                  Am                                     Dm  
But now she won't go outside to see that there ain't no wolf just a boy in the street 
                     Am             E              Am 
Howlin' up into the sky, don't they howl into the sky? 


Dm                           Am 
Don't you hear the sound of ghosts comin' from the grave? 
Dm                      E 
Don't you do it like we done when we had our way? 
Dm                               Am 
There ain't no knight no haunted hero gonna save the day 
       Am                      E                      Am 
So get off the floor and move on before you whither away 

Verso 3: 

And in the cold dark night, creakin' on wood floors and walls 
Paralyzed by the fear of the fright she won't move a muscle at all 
She cries, "Oh Lord come and take me away! Stood all I can now I can't stand to stay. 
Send ole Gabriel down, don't he always come around?" 

 
Dm                            Am 
Don't you hear the sound of ghosts comin' from the grave? 
Dm                       E 
Don't you do it like we done when we had our way? 
Dm                               Am 
There ain't no knight no haunted hero gonna save the day 
        Am                    E                      Am 
So get off the floor and move on before you whither away 

 
    	

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100 BPM Andante