Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs

Written by Gladys Stacey, Louise Certain,

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1

A7                           D7
Oh I've been all around this whole wide world
G7                    C
Been down to sunny Alabam
   A7           D7
My momma always told me son
G7                     C
Never let your deal go down

Verse 2

A7                     D7
Don't let your deal go down
G7                     C
Don't let your deal go down
A7                     D7
Don't let your deal go down
G7                            C
Till your last gold dollar is gone

Verse 3

A7                           D7
Oh the last time I seen that gal of mine
G7                      C
She was standing in the door
    A7                   D7
She said honey I'll be a long time gone
G7                           C
You'll never see your gal no more

Verse 2

A7                     D7
Don't let your deal go down
G7                     C
Don't let your deal go down
A7                     D7
Don't let your deal go down
G7                            C
Till your last gold dollar is gone

Verse 4

A7                      D7
Well I'm going down the railroad track
G7                    C
Gonna take my rocking chair
   A7                        D7
If these doggone blues don't leave my mind
G7                       C
I'm gonna rock away from here

Verse 5

A7                     D7
Don't let your deal go down
G7                            C
Till your last gold dollar is gone