Way Downtown

Doc Watson

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

F                         C
Way downtown just fooling around
G7                  C
They took me to the jail
F                 C
Oh me and it's oh my
G7              C
No one to go my bail

Verse 2

   F                                    C
It was late last night when Willie came home
G7                           C
I heard him a-rapping on the door
       F                                          C
He's a slipping and a sliding with them new shoes on
G7                                 C
Momma said Willie don't you rap no more

Verse 1

F                         C
Way downtown just fooling around
G7                  C
They took me to the jail
F                 C
Oh me and it's oh my
G7              C
No one to go my bail

Verse 3

  F                                   C
I wish I was over at my sweet Sally's house
G7                        C
Sitting in that big armed chair
F                       C
One arm around this old guitar
G7                          C
And the other one around my dear

Verse 1

F                         C
Way downtown just fooling around
G7                  C
They took me to the jail
F                 C
Oh me and it's oh my
G7              C
No one to go my bail

Verse 4

F                                         C
Now it’s one old shirt is bout all that I got
G7                         C
And a dollar is all that I crave
  F                                     C
I brought nothing with me into this old world
G7                             C
Ain't gonna take nothing to my grave

Verse 1

F                         C
Way downtown just fooling around
G7                  C
They took me to the jail
F                 C
Oh me and it's oh my
G7              C
No one to go my bail