Way Down Town - traditional - 60 bpm

	
C
Way down

town 
G
fooling a

round

	They 
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took me 

off to 
G
jail

	It’s 
C
oh-oh 

me and 
G
oh-oh 

my

	Ain’t 
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no one to 

go my 
G
bail

C
Late last 

night little 
G
Willie came 

home

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I heard him a-

rapping at the 
G
door

C
Slipping and a 

sliding with his 
G
new shoes 

on

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Hey Willie don't you 

rap no 
G
more

repeat chorus

C
I wish I was 

over at my 
G
little Rosie's 

house

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Sitting in a 

big armed 
G
chair

C
One arm a

round 
G
this old gui

tar

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And the other a

round my 
G
dear

repeat chorus

C
Now  one old 

shirt is a
G
bout all that I 

got

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And a dollar is 

all that I 
G
crave

C
I took nothing 

with me when I 
G
came into this old 

world

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I’ll take nothing 

to my 
G
grave

repeat chorus