Sixteen Down
Artist : Jayhawks
Album : Sound Of Lies
Song : Sixteen Down
From : Thomas Juul Krahn ([email protected])
Intro F#
Em G Em G Am C G (x2)
Verse 1
Em G Em D
Sunshine stealing stage time
Em D C
From the moon and stars above
Em G
She said leave me alone
Em G
I said take me home
Am C G
Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground
Chorus
G C Am G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!
Interlude Em G Em G Am C G
Verse 2
Em G Em D
Skiff rocked like a cradle
Em D C
And the poor girl fell overboard
Em G
Rope wrapped around her neck
Em G
Tangled in her hair soaked wet
Am
They dragged the stream
C G
The body never to be found
Chorus
G C Am G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!
Bridge
F#
The dirt in the stream
F#
The body never to be found
F# A
Except for footprints caked
F# G
In the muddy ground beside where she lay
Solo Em G Em G Am C G (x2)
Verse 3
Em G Em D
My life made the headlines
Em D C
Beneath the waterlily sky
Em G
She said leave me alone
Em G
I said take me home
Am C G
Sixteen down living in the hallowed ground
Chorus
G C Am G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe)
Chorus
G C Am G
Now the blue has turned to red (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
All but given up for dead (ahh Madeline, breathe)
G C Am G
Ooh, Madeline (Madeline, breathe) Madeline, breathe!
Outro Em G Em G Am C G
(Reapeat and fade)