Downtown Tonight Chords
by John Gorka
Downtown Tonight by John Gorka is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Em, D and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C G C G C G
C G
Dodging the blues, but the blues were gaining fast
Em D
Riding the news, knowing news just doesn't last
C G Am D
Heaven, come seven, with the rolling of the bones
C D G
Ah, but winning never feels like going home
C G
He's thick at the bottom, thin at the top
Em D
Like a bottle shaken, with a cork that wouldn't pop
C G Am D
Pretending and descending to the land of woe
C D G D G
Oh, life's not what you think, it's what you know
Chorus: