Down The Line Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays435

Down The Line by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D 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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  			(intro) A 

A 
    Well, you can't be my lover, baby, you ain't got the style, 
A 
I'm gonna get some real gone love that’d drive a cool cat wild. 
D                             A 
I gotta move, roll it right on down, 
                E                                                  A 
I'm gonna get me a gal and a go out on the town. 

                            A 
Yes, I’m gonna move on down the line, 
I’m gonna get me a girl and a make some time, 
        D 
she can’t be square, she can’t be broke, 
    A 
when she starts strutting, gotta go, cat, go, 
            D                                 A 
gotta move, move it right on down, 
                   E                                                 A 
I’m gonna get me a girl and a go out on the town. 

           A            D     A        E      A 
Yeah.      mm, mm, yeah, mm. 

           A 
Well, I’m gonna show you, you ain’t so hot, 
A 
I'm gonna get what you ain't got, 
    A 
she’ll be sweet, she won’t do me wrong. 
   A 
she'll be cool and twice as gone, 
                    D                                 A 
I'm gonna move, move it right on down, 
                 E                                                 A 
I’m gonna get me a girl and a go out on the town. 

                            A 
Yes, I’m gonna move on down the line, 
I’m gonna get me a girl and a make some time, 
        D 
she can’t be square, she can’t be broke, 
    A 
when she starts strutting, gotta go, cat, go, 
            D                                 A 
gotta move, move it right on down, 
                   E                                                 A 
I’m gonna get me a girl and a go out on the town. 

                   A 
I’m on my move on down the line, 
             A 
I wanna get me a girl and make some time, 
        D 
she can’t be square she can’t be broke, 
     A 
when she starts strutting gotta go cat go, 
           E                                 A 
gotta move, move it right on down. 
    	

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