Down Around My Place chords by John Hiatt

Capo 2

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

  D
And before there came a flood
     Em
Some lost all, even blood
    D
Now the sun and wind have come
      Am2
and left no trace
        Em
Down around my place
Em
Down around my place

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

   D
And I put my faith in you
    Em
Did you make that error too?
     D      Am2
Bound to fail that he might show his grace
        Em
Down around my place
Em
Down around my place

Solo: switch between Em and D

        C/G
They said you wouldn't believe
    G
What a paradise this was
      D
'Til every Adam and Eve, Tom, Dick and Harry
    Em
Started fighting for what he loved

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

Em
The family graves keep winkin', down around my place
Em
At every thought I'm thinkin', down around my place
Em
While the young ones crowd the table, down around my place
Em
Bitchin' about no cable, down around my place

D
And my grandpa says, “Don't worry
        Em
It's always the last one in who's in a hurry
  D           Am2
To try and slam the door in the next one's face”
        Em
Down around my place
Em
Down around my place
Em
Down around my place
Em
Down around my place
Em
Down around my place