Written by Carole King
Performed by Rick on "For You" (1963)
I believe it has a very close arrangement to Lonesome Town.
Capo 4th
G Em G Em
G Em G Em
Down home oh oh down home
C D G Em
There used to be rivers and trees
C Cm G Em
fresh bread every single morning
C D G Em G Em
and sweet magnolia in breeze
G Em G Em
Oh oh fishing lines and young dreams
C D G G7
Oh I hear them calling to me
Em Bm C Cm
but there's no way to get down home
G Em C D G Em G Em C D G
cause down home's just a memory
solo
G Em G Em
Wish I could leave this big town
C D G G7
city living ain't living to me
Em Bm C Cm
but there's no way to get down home
G Em Cm G Em Cm
no you can't retrieve it cause once you leave it
G Em C D G Em
oh down home is just a memory
G Em
down home
G Em
oh oh down home
