Down In The Valley Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays534

Down In The Valley by Flatt & Scruggs is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs.  Rotate Base Notes                              
Down In The Valley            G to C cord walk up Like this 
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                                         -2---0-2-3-3------- 
                                         -3--3----------- 
C                             G        
Down in the val-ley valley so low 
                                   C 
Hang your head ov-er hear the wind blow 
                                      G 
Hear the wind blow-dear hear the wind blow 
                                   C 
Hang your head ov-er hear the wind blow. 
 
C                                 G 
Roses love sun-shine violets love dew 
                              C 
Angels in hea-ven know I love you 
                                 G 
Know I love you-dear know I love you 
                              C 
Angels in hea-ven know I love you. 
 
C                                  G 
If you don't love-me love whom you please 
                                        C 
Throw your arms 'round-me give my heart ease 
                                      G 
Give my heart ease-love give my heart ease 
                                       C 
Throw your arms round-me give my heart ease. 
 
C                             G 
Build me a cas-tle forty feet high 
                             C 
So I can see him-as he rides by 
                                G 
As he rides by-love as he rides by 
                             C 
So I can see him-as he rides by. 
 
C                             G 
Write me a let-ter send it by mail 
                              C 
Send it in care-of Birmingham jail 
                                G 
Birmingham jail-love Birmingham jail 
                              C 
Send it in care-of Birmingham jail. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante