Down On the Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival • Key:
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Down On the Corner
Creedence Clearwater Revival
#From: whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Riff 1
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-----5--3---------5|-3--3---------------|
Riff 2
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--3--------3--3----|-------2--5--5------|
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Intro:
| Riff 1 | Riff 1 | Riff 2 | Riff 1 |
#(riffs 1 and 2 continue through verses along with rhythm guitar)
Verse 1:
C
Early in the evenin' j
G
ust about supper
C
time, over by the courthouse,
they're
G
starting to unw
C
ind,
F
four kids on the corner,
C
trying to bring you up,
Willy picks a tune out and he
G
blows it on the
C
harp.
Chorus:
F
Down on the
C
corner,
G
out in the
C
street, Willy and the
F
Poorboys are
C
playin'
bring a ni
G
ckel, tap your
C
feet.
Verse 2:
C
Rooster hits the washboard, and
G
people just gotta
C
smile, Blinky thumps the
gut bass and
G
solos for
C
awhile.
F
Poor-boy twangs the rhythm out
C
on his
Kalamazoo. And Willy goes in to a dance and
G
doubles on Kazo
C
o.
#Repeat chorus
#3rd verse:
C
You don't need a penny j
G
ust to hang aro
C
und, but if you got a nickel won't
you l
G
ay your money
C
down.
F
Over on the corner,
C
there's a happy noise,
people come from all around to w
G
atch the magic
C
boy.
#Repeat chorus and fade:
Speed