Down The Line Chords
by Buddy Holly
Down The Line by Buddy Holly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B, F# and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO
E A
e|--0-0-0-3-0---0--------------0-0-0-3-0---0--------------0-0-0--3-0-3-0-3-||
B|------------3--------------------------3---------------------------------||
G|----------------3-3-4-2-0------------------3-3-4-2-0---------------------||
D|--------------------------2--------------------------2-------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E B A E
e|--0-0-0--0------0------0-0--2-2-3/2-0--0-0-0--0------0------0--||
B|-----------0/h3---0/h3--------------------------0/h3---0/h3----||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------||
E
Well, my old car's a rollin' down the line
A
Thoughts of my baby runnin' through my mind
B A
She's a-waitin' for me, I gotta be on time
E A E A E A E A E A E
I gotta roll roll roll roll roll roll roll, I gotta roll roll roll roll roll
A E
roll roll
E
Well, the white marker's flying off the road below
A
When I'm really flying low
B A
My baby's waiting, I can't go slow
E A E A E A E A E A E
I gotta roll roll roll roll roll roll roll, I gotta roll roll roll roll roll
A E
roll roll
A E
Well, the big policeman pulled along side of me
A E
He said, "Boy, you ain't quite as fast as me"
A E
I showed him a picture of that baby of mine
F# B7
He said, "Boy, you gotta roll on down that line"
E
Well, my old car's a rollin' down the line
A
Thoughts of my baby runnin' through my mind
B A
She's a-waitin' for me I gotta be on time
E A E A E A E A E A E
I gotta roll roll roll roll roll roll roll, I gotta roll roll roll roll roll
A E
roll roll
SOLO
E A
e|--0-0-0-3-0---0--------------0-0-0-3-0---0--------------0-0-0--3-0-3-0-3-||
B|------------3--------------------------3---------------------------------||
G|----------------3-3-4-2-0------------------3-3-4-2-0---------------------||
D|--------------------------2--------------------------2-------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E
e|--0-0-0-3-0---0--------------0-0-0-2-2-3/2-0--0-0-0--0------0------0-----||
B|------------3------------------------------------------0/h3---0/h3-------||
G|----------------3-3-4-2-0------------------------------------------------||
D|--------------------------2----------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
e|-0/12--12--10--12--12--12--10--10--12--12--10--12--12--12--10--10--12--12||
B|-0/12--12--10--12--12--12--10--10--12--12--10--12--12--12--10--10--12--12||
G|-0/13--13--11--13--13--13--11--11--13--13--11--13--13--13--11--11--13--13||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
e|-10--12--12--10----------------------------3--0--0-0-3-0-3-0-3--0--------||
B|-10--12--12--10----------0------0------0--------------------------0/h3---||
G|-11--13--13--11--0--3/4----3/4----3/4------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
e|--0------0--2-2-3/2-0--0------0------0--0-0-0----------------------------||
B|----0/h3-----------------0/h3---0/h3-------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E
Well, my old car's a rollin' down the line
A
Thoughts of my baby runnin' through my mind
B A
She's a-waitin' for me, I gotta be on time
E A E A E A E A E A E
I gotta roll roll roll roll roll roll roll, I gotta roll roll roll roll roll
A E
roll roll
E
Well, the white marker's flying off the road below
A
When I'm really flying low
B A
My baby's waiting, I can't go slow
E A E A E A E A E A E
I gotta roll roll roll roll roll roll roll, I gotta roll roll roll roll roll
A E
roll roll
A E
Well, the big policeman pulled along side of me
A E
He said, "Boy, you ain't quite as fast as me"
A E
I showed him a picture of that baby of mine
F# B7
He said, "Boy, you gotta roll on down that line"
E
Well, my old car's a rollin' down the line
A
Thoughts of my baby runnin' through my mind
B A
She's a-waitin' for me I gotta be on time
E A E A E A E A E A B7
I gotta roll roll roll roll roll roll roll, I gotta roll roll roll roll roll
E
on down the line
AFTER LAST WORD
e|--0---0-----0---||
B|----3---3---0---||
G|------------1---||
D|------------2---||
A|------------2---||
E|------------0---||