Out Of The Valley Chords
by John Gorka
Out Of The Valley by John Gorka is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am, Em and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
rd Fret
Intro: C G F G C G F G C
G C-F
They talk of getting out of the valley
G C
Out of the valley here below
G F
Maybe ride the river and run off
G C
'Cause there's no place left to go
G F
They talk of taking the sunshine
G Am
Taking their bright eyes away
G F
Maybe make a move for the big time
G C G F G C
Watch it get harder every day
G F
They're told by the same empty faces
G C
Talk, like dreams, don't get you far
G F
Maybe make it over the mountains
G C
But you'll never make it in that car
G C-F
They talk of getting out of the valley
G Am
You're set to make yourself a name
G F
Quit, come back soon and you'll marry
G C G F G Am
Part of your fortune to your shame
Bridge:
Em F G Am
Ambition lights their cigarettes
C F G Am
If they get out, they don't look back, hmm, hmm, hmm-hm-hm-hm-hm-hm
Em F G Bb
It's ten deserve and one who gets
Am
So drink too much and dress in black
G F G
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh
F G C
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh
G F
You listen in the bars and the alleys
G C
You hear the fear under their voice
G F
No one out there owes you a living
G C
No one here gives you any choice
G C-F
They talk of getting out of the valley
G Am
And for some it's not too late
G F
You need a meanness to carry on
G C G F G C
Cast the master of your fate
G F
Until long after it matters
G C
You don't know if you're good enough
G F
You can bet your dreams will be battered
G C G F G Am
So just go after what you love
Bridge:
Em F G Am
They talk of getting out of town
C F G Am
This little city made of steel, Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh
Em F G Bb
Take a giant step and don't look down
Am
Because I do know how you feel
G F G
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh
F G C
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh
G C-F
They talk of getting out of the valley
G C
Out of the valley here below
G F
Maybe ride the river and run off
G C G F G
'Cause there's no place left to go
OUTRO: C G F G (4x and fade to end)