Down On The Corner chords
by Creedence Clearwater RevivalSong Key: C Major
Time Signature: 2/2
Tempo: 107 bpm
Standard Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner 🟢
Easy Chords: C, F, G
Extra: Guitar Intro Tab (Riff below)
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Down On The Corner
Intro Tab
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C G C C G C F C G C
Intro: 4/4 ‖ | - | | - | | | % | - ‖
C G C
1. Ear-ly in the eve-nin' Just a-bout sup-per time
G C
O-ver by the court-house They're start-ing to un-wind
F C
Four kids on the cor-ner Try-in’ to bring you up
G C
Wil-ly picks a tune out and he blows it on the harp
F C G C
Chorus: Down On The Cor-ner Out in the street
F C
Willy and the Poor-Boys are play-in'
G C
Bring a nick-el tap your feet
C G C
2. Roos-ter hits the wash-board and peo-ple just got to smile
G C
Blin-ky thumps the gut bass and so-los for a while
F C
Poor-boy twangs the rhy-thm out on his ka-la-ma-zoo
G C
Wil-ly goes in-to a dance and dou-bles on ka-zoo
F C G C
Chorus: Down On The Cor-ner Out in the street
F C
Willy and the Poor-Boys are play-in'
G C
Bring a nick-el tap your feet
C G C C G C F C G C
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F C G C
Chorus: Down On The Cor-ner Out in the street
F C
Willy and the Poor-Boys are play-in'
G C
Bring a nick-el tap your feet
C G C C G C
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C G C
3. You don't need a pen-ny Just to hang a-round
G C
But if you've got a nick-el Won't you lay your mo-ney down
F C
O-ver on the cor-ner there's a hap-py noise
G C
Peo-ple come from all a-round to watch the ma-gic boy
F C G C
Chorus: Down On The Cor-ner Out in the street
F C
Willy and the Poor-Boys are play-in'
G C
Bring a nick-el tap your feet...repeat to fade
Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: C Major - no sharps or flats
- Time Signature: 2/2 — Two half-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Brightly In Two
- Metronome: h = 107 (h represents a half-note)
- Voice Range: C4 - C5
Song Details:
- Songwriter: John Fogerty
- Lyrics Begin: Early in the evenin' just about suppertime, Over by the courthouse they're starting to unwind.
- Genre: Rock, Country-Rock, Pop Rock, Classic Rock
- Featured Artists: Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Single (B-side)
Recorded: 1969
Released: October 1969
A-side: Fortunate Son - Album: Willy and the Poor Boys
Released: October 29, 1969
