The Way It All Went Down chords

The Way It All Went Down

• G

Capo 2 

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  

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 

x

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