Brad Hines - The Way It All Went Down(corrected) guitar chord
The Way It All Went Down
Brad Hines
Brad play’s it Capo 2 on the CD
The verses and choruses vary in length through out the song. Just have to
listen to the CD to figure out the timing.
Verse: G-D-Em-C-G-D
Chorus: C-D-G-G/F#-Em(repeat as needed) ending with C-D-G
Between verses he will hang on the G chord and release the top E then hammer
back down.
Intro: G-D-A-G(single chord strikes)
G D
Johnny was a sinner. Jimmy was a saint
Em C
One thing in common
G D
Both in love with Kate
G D
Kate she was a beauty and her daddy
Owned a bank
Em C G D
Her momma was a woman of unquestionable faith
(chorus)
C D G G/F# Em
Me I’m just a witness nobody knows about
C D G G/F#
The only one who really knows the way it
Em C
All went down
D G
The way it all went down
Kate she lusted Johnny though her heart
Belonged to Jim
Johnny hated Jimmy
But Jimmy prayed for him
We all grew up together and them three
They once was friends
But life gets complicated when
Time takes what’s innocent
(chorus)
Me my plan was simple
I’d be leaving this old town
I’d be sitting pretty now except
For how it all went down
How it all went down
Johnny obsessed on Katy
To the point it drove him mad
Though he really didn’t love her
She was a prize he couldn’t let old Jimmy have
Johnny knew Kate’s daddy would
Never give her hand to
A high school drop out from the wrong side of the tracks
(chorus)
Johnny got an idea to steal old Jimmy’s gun
Rid himself of two
By killing only one
When it all was over the way it would work out
He’d be there for Kate and her momma
When it all went down
When it all went down
Johnny called Kate’s daddy
Didn’t leave his name
He just said come quick man
Something’s happening at your bank
That banker he came running
Johnny stepped out of the dark
With old Jimmy’s rifle put a bullet through that man’s heart
The police arrested Jimmy
When somebody found his gun
Not far from the body
Tucked underneath some truck
(chorus)
Johnny could a won an Oscar when they buried Katy’s dad
Jimmy in that jail cell
Johnny holding Katy’s hand
Holding Katy’s hand
My name is Ronnie Calwain
And I’m here to testify
You see I watch old Johnny shoot that man
From inside the bank that night
He didn’t know I was in there
He thought nobody saw
If I could live with what I seen me and that money
We’d still be gone
(chorus)
But I ain’t never heard nobody
Who could watch a good many fry
For something that he didn’t do
Man I’d rather do my time
So put me in that jail cell now
Tonight I will sleep sound
Know’n I set the record straight
That’s how it all went down
I swear
That’s how it all went down
