Down on the Bottom Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][Am][A][G][D][Am][A]

[Verse 1]
(Mark [A]Nesler Tracy Byrd)
I can't say [Am]looking

[Verse 2]
[C]back right now
just [G]where our love went [Am]wrong
[A]But the hard cold fact [G]is she's not here
she's [A]gone[G][Am][A][Am]
[A]Made me a promise she[C]'d be
true till [G]the rivers all ran [Am]dry
[A]The rivers still runnin' [G]but she's
long said goodbye
[A]

[Verse 3]
That's why I'm [D]down on
the bot[A]tom[Am]
Where [C]the Moccasin's King and
the [G]big tall cypress [Am]grow
Seem[A]s the o[D]nly place that a country
boy can [A]find some peace of [Am]mind
[A]And get back up,[G]
[D]is on the bot[A]tom

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
Got [A]friends in [Am]the world out[C]side but
none quite [G]like ol' Cajun [Am]Joe
He lives down a slough where
[G]the river used to [A]flow[Am]
Worked real hard [C]most of his life till
the [G]pushin' came to [Am]shove
Gave it all he [A]had but [G]he just
couldn't rise [A]above

[Verse 5]
[Am]That's why he's down[D]
at the bot[A]tom[Am]
Where the [C]alligator swims and the
[G]old grey moss hangs [Am]low
Seems the [D]only place that a country
boy can [A]find some piece of mind
And get back [G]up, [D]is on the bot[A]tom

[Verse 6]
I can get back [G]up [D]here on the bot[A]tom
On [G]the Natchez [D]river
bot[A]tom

[Outro 1]
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