Down The Road Tonight
Bruce Hornsby
RockMedium for beginners8 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
G
Gsus2Diagram coming soon
Csus2Diagram coming soon
Em
Am7
D
Cadd9
Em7
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
verse 1 G Gsus2 There's a place Csus2 A local roadside shack Em Am7 D Am7 A poor man's Paris with a parking lot in the back G Gsus2 There's a girl there Cadd9 D She knows how to unwind Em Am7 D Am7 She don't talk much but she knows just how to act Csus2 G Csus2 G I said - Don't tell me she don't love me Em Am7 D Am7 The money's just a mere formality G Gsus2 G Every day, Every night Cadd9 D Am7 Somethings going on, something's going on Cadd9 G D Down the road over yonder G Gsus2 G Cadd9 Any place, any time when I'm fading D Am7 My love lies waiting Csus2 G D Down the road tonight verse 2 G Gsus2 When I was younger Csus2 All the older boys Em Am7 D Am7 Would drive me way out past the county fair G Gsus2 They'd laugh and point out Cadd9 D This roadside trailer Em Am7 D Am7 And say something wild's going on over there Csus2 G They said - What they're doing Csus2 G Don't mean nothing to you now Em Am7 D Am7 But someday it'll mean everything. G Gsus2 G Every day, Every night Cadd9 D Am7 Somethings going on, something's going on Cadd9 G D Down the road over yonder G Gsus2 G Cadd9 Any place, any time when I'm fading D Am7 My love lies waiting Csus2 G D Down the road tonight Instrumental Gsus2 G Gsus2 G D Am7 Cadd9 Gsus2 G Gsus2 G D Am7 Cadd9 Bridge G Em D There were movies in the parlor Cadd9 Am7 They were dealing one-eyed jacks Em7 Am7 And when I said I loved her Cadd9 D She said - Just keep coming back. G Gsus2 G Every day, Every night Cadd9 D Am7 Somethings going on, something's going on Cadd9 G D Down the road over yonder G Gsus2 G Cadd9 Any place, any time when I'm fading D Am7 My love lies waiting Csus2 G D Down the road tonight. Em D Am7 Csus2 Yeah, my love lies waiting down the road - down the road tonight. Outro Gsus2 G Gsus2 G D Am7 Cadd9 Gsus2 G Gsus2 G D Am7 Cadd9
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Chord set
G · Gsus2 · Csus2 · Em · Am7 · D · Cadd9 · Em7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.