Down Where The Drunkards Roll by Richard & Linda Thompson
Key:CC| Capo:3fr|
Verse 1
See the boys out walking
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The boys who look so fine
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Dressed up in green velvet
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Their silver buckles shine
Soon they'll be bleary-eyed
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Under a keg of wine
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Down where the drunkards roll
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Down where the drunkards roll
Verse 2G
See that lover standing
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Staring at the ground
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He's looking for the real thing
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Lies were all he found
You can get the real thing
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It will only cost a pound
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Down where the drunkards roll
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Down where the drunkards roll
InstrumentalGCGCGDCDCDVerse 3G
There goes a troubled woman
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She dreams a troubled dream
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She lives out on the highway
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She keeps her money clean
Soon she'll be returning
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To the place where she's the queen
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Down where the drunkards roll
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Down where the drunkards roll
Verse 4G
You can be a gambler
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Who never drew a hand
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You can be a sailor
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Who never left dry land
You can be lord Jesus
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All the world will understand
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Down where the drunkards roll
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Down where the drunkards roll
OutroGCGCGDCDCD
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.