Right Down The Line
Gerry Rafferty (1977)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [C] | [G] | [Am] [G] | [F] | [F] |
| [Dm] ...You know I | [C] need your love | [Am] ...You've got that hold over | [F] me |
| [Dm] ...Long as I | [C] got your love | [Am] ...You know that I'll never | [F] leave |
| [Dm] ...When I wanted you to | [C] share my life I | [Am] had no doubt in my | [F] mind
And it's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
| [Dm] ...I know how much I | [C] lean on you | [Am] ...only you can | [F] see |
| [Dm] ...The changes that | [C] I've been through | [Am] ...have left a mark on | [F] me |
| [Dm] You've been as constant as a | [C] northern star | [Am] ...the brightest light that | [F] shines
It's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Chorus
| [D] ...I just want to | [Bm7] say this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you |
| [A] everything I could | [F] never say be- | [Dm] fore | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] ...Yeah this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you
that | [A] every day I'm | [F] loving you so much | [Dm] more...
'Cause you bel- | [C] ieved in me | [Am] through my darkest | [F] night |
| [Dm] Put something better in- | [C] side of me | [Am] You brought me into the | [F] light |
| [Dm] Threw away all those | [C] crazy dreams | [Am] I put them all be- | [F] hind
And it was | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Solo
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [C] | [G] | [Am] [G] | [F] | [F] |
Chorus
| [D] ...I just want to | [Bm7] say this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you |
| [A] everything I could | [F] never say be- | [Dm] fore | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] ...Yeah this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you
that | [A] every day I'm | [F] loving you so much | [Dm] more...
If I should | [C] doubt myself | [Am] if I'm losing | [F] ground |
| [Dm] I won't turn to | [C] someone else | [Am] they'd only let me | [F] down |
| [Dm] When I wanted you to | [C] share my life | [Am] I had no doubt in my | [F] mind
And it's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Outro (Chorus chords with Ooohs..)
| [D] | [Bm7] | [G] | [E7] |
| [A] | [F] | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] | [G] | [E7] | [A] | [F] | [Dm]
#Play along with video in this key.
#Last Update 3/23/20 JJ
Visit UkeboxLessons
Gerry Rafferty (1977)
Swiss Army Strum
4/4 | d - D u - u d u |
1 2 & & 4 &
Intro
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [C] | [G] | [Am] [G] | [F] | [F] |
| [Dm] ...You know I | [C] need your love | [Am] ...You've got that hold over | [F] me |
| [Dm] ...Long as I | [C] got your love | [Am] ...You know that I'll never | [F] leave |
| [Dm] ...When I wanted you to | [C] share my life I | [Am] had no doubt in my | [F] mind
And it's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
| [Dm] ...I know how much I | [C] lean on you | [Am] ...only you can | [F] see |
| [Dm] ...The changes that | [C] I've been through | [Am] ...have left a mark on | [F] me |
| [Dm] You've been as constant as a | [C] northern star | [Am] ...the brightest light that | [F] shines
It's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Chorus
| [D] ...I just want to | [Bm7] say this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you |
| [A] everything I could | [F] never say be- | [Dm] fore | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] ...Yeah this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you
that | [A] every day I'm | [F] loving you so much | [Dm] more...
'Cause you bel- | [C] ieved in me | [Am] through my darkest | [F] night |
| [Dm] Put something better in- | [C] side of me | [Am] You brought me into the | [F] light |
| [Dm] Threw away all those | [C] crazy dreams | [Am] I put them all be- | [F] hind
And it was | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Solo
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [Dm] | [C] | [Am] | [F] |
| [C] | [G] | [Am] [G] | [F] | [F] |
Chorus
| [D] ...I just want to | [Bm7] say this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you |
| [A] everything I could | [F] never say be- | [Dm] fore | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] ...Yeah this is | [G] my way of | [E7] telling you
that | [A] every day I'm | [F] loving you so much | [Dm] more...
If I should | [C] doubt myself | [Am] if I'm losing | [F] ground |
| [Dm] I won't turn to | [C] someone else | [Am] they'd only let me | [F] down |
| [Dm] When I wanted you to | [C] share my life | [Am] I had no doubt in my | [F] mind
And it's been | [C] you | [G] woman | [Am] right [G] down the | [F] line | [F] |
Outro (Chorus chords with Ooohs..)
| [D] | [Bm7] | [G] | [E7] |
| [A] | [F] | [Dm] | [Dm] |
| [Bm7] | [G] | [E7] | [A] | [F] | [Dm]
#Play along with video in this key.
#Last Update 3/23/20 JJ
Visit UkeboxLessons