Garth Brooks - Ain't Goin' Down

Originally in G, I play in E capo 3

You think you want to play 6ths, but you don’t

Intro

E

Vox on the b3

ESix o’clock on Friday evening, mama doesn’t know she’s leaving

‘Til she hears the screen door slamming, rubber squealin’, gears a-jamming

ALocal country station just a-blarin’ on the radio

EPick him up at seven and they’re headin’ to the rodeo

BMama’s on the front porch screamin’ out her warning

Girl you’d Ebetter get your red head back in bed before morning

E

ENine o’clock the show is ending but the fun is just beginning

She knows he’s anticipating but she gonna keep him waiting

AGrab a bite to eat and then they’re headin’ to the honky-tonk

But lEoud crowds and line dancing just ain’t what they really want

BDrive out to the boondocks and park down by the creek

Yeah where it’s EGeorge Strait ‘til real late and dancing cheek to cheek

E

Solo on verse chords

EEAEBE

Lines are shorter in this verse, with hard stops

ETen to twelve is wine and dancing, midnight starts the hard romancing

AOne o’clock that truck is rocking Etwo is comin’ still no stopping

BBreak to check the clock at three they’re Bright on where they wanna be

EAnd four o’clock get up get going, five o’clock that rooster’s crowing

Solo on verse chords

EEAEBE

E

No IV in this verse

ESix o’clock on Saturday her folks don’t know he’s on his way

The stalls are clean the horses fed they say she’s grounded ‘til she’s dead

But hBere he comes around the bend, slowing down she’s jumping in

EHey mom your daughter’s gone and there they go again

Solo on verse chords

EEAEBE