How to Play Down Around My Place on Guitar?

John Hiatt - Down Around My Place can be played in the key of Em using the Em, D, G, Am, A, C chords. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Down Around My Place with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

John Hiatt - Down Around My Place Chords

Chord reference Em, D, G, Am, A, C

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Em] [D] [Em] [D] The [Em]radio is busted, [D]down around my [Em]place [Em]Every tool is rusted, [D]down around my [Em]place [Em]Creeks and rivers dried up, [D]down around my [Em]place My [Em]woman’s tears are cried up, [D]down around my [Em]place

And [G]before there came a [D]flood, some lost [Am]all, even [Em]blood Now the [G]sun and wind have [D]come, and left no [A]trace Down around my [Em]place, [D]down around my [Em]place

These [Em]hunting grounds were hallowed, [D]down around my [Em]place [Em]Exhausted fields lay fallow, [D]down around my [Em]place [Em]Kingdoms come and crumble, [D]down around my [Em]place My [Em]prayers are merely mumbles, [D]down around my [Em]place

And I [G]put my faith in [D]you, did you [Am]make that error [Em]too? [G]Bound to fail that [D]he might show his [A]grace Down around my [Em]place, [D]down around my [Em]place

They said you [C]wouldn’t believe, what a [G]paradise this was ‘Til every [D]Adam and Eve, Tom, Dick and Harry Started [A]fighting for what he [Em]loved

So, we [C]fortified the ramparts, and we [G]built the mighty towers But it was [D]plain to see, we never were free From the [Am]tyranny of the [Em]hour

The [Em]family graves keep winking, [D]down around my [Em]place At [Em]every thought I’m thinking, [D]down around my [Em]place While the [Em]young ones crowd the table, [D]down around my [Em]place [Em]Bitching about no cable, [D]down around my [Em]place

And my [G]grandpa says, “Don’t [D]worry It’s always the [Am]last one in who’s in a [Em]hurry To [G]try and slam the [D]door in the next one’s [A]face” Down around my [Em]place [D]Down around my [Em]place, [D]down around my [Em]place [D]Down around my [Em]place, [D]down around my [Em]place

Artist John Hiatt

Album Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Rock, Bluegrass

Year 2011

Key Em

John Hiatt - Down Around My Place can be played in the key of Em using the Em, D, G, Am, A, C chords.

For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Down Around My Place with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.