Capo 2

 G    A   D 
When I was a boy 

D        A                   G         D   A
Four houses down from me, Was a family with an only child 
D         A        G                  D     A
She was the only girl, In this whole world that could make me smile

Chorus:
D       A
Down the road 
D       A     G
I made up reasons to Go 
D       A
Down the road 

D       A              G              D   A
Somewhere inside of me, there was something she took a liking to 
D              A        G          D   A
And I asked her to marry me, She said she really wanted to

Chorus:
D       A  
Down the road 
D         A       G
To see what life's gonna hold 
D      A
Down the road 

Bridge:
Bm             A                 G             D A
Her momma wants to know, If I'm washed in the blood 
or just in the water 
Bm            A          G             D   A
Her daddy wants to know, If I make enough to take his daughter 

D      A
Down the road
D       A       G
Before he could let her Go
D      A
Down The Road

Instrumental: G  D  A }x4

D         A                   G           D   A
Now down the street from here, There's an engineer with an only son
D         A      G                   D   A    
And our baby girl says, She believes that he is the only one 
D      A
Down the road 

Bridge:
Bm             A                 G              D A
Her momma wants to know, If he's washed in the blood 
or just in the water 
Bm         A          G             D   A
And I wanna to know, If I make enough to take his daughter 

D      A
Down the road 
D         A    G
When it comes time to Go 
D      A   D
Down the road 
D       A
Down the road 
D           A     G
You know I wanna help her Go 
D      A   D
Down the road 

G           A   D
Down, down, down that road 
G         A     D
Down, down, down that road 

  A   B   E 
When I was a boy 

E        B                   A         E   B
Four houses down from me, Was a family with an only child 
E        B       A                  E   B
She was the only girl, In this whole world 
that could make me smile 

Chorus
E       B
Down the road 
E       B     A
I made up reasons to Go 
E       B
Down the road 

E       B              A              E   B
Somewhere inside of me, there was something 
she took a liking to 
E              B        A          E   B
And I asked her to marry me, She said she really wanted to

Chorus
E      B  
Down the road 
E         B       A
To see what life's gonna hold 
E      B
Down the road 

Bridge
C#m             B                 A        E B
Her momma wants to know, If I'm washed in the blood 
or just in the water 
C#m           B          A             E   B
Her daddy wants to know, If I make enough to take his daughter 
       
E      B
Down the road
E       B       A
Before he could let her Go
E      B
Down The Road

Instrumental: A E B }repeat 4 times

E         B                   A       E   B
Now down the street from here, There's an engineer 
with an only son 
E         B      A                   E   B    
And our baby girl says, She believes that he is the only one 
E      B
Down the road 

Bridge
C#m             B                 A              E B
Her momma wants to know, If he's washed in the blood 
or just in the water 
C#m         B          A            E   B
And I wanna to know, If I make enough to take his daughter 

E      B
Down the road 
E         B    A
When it comes time to Go 
E      B   E
Down the road 
E       B
Down the road 
E           B     A
You know I wanna help her Go 
E      B   E
Down the road 

A          B   E
Down, down, down that road 
A         B     E
Down, down, down that road 

 Capo 2
 
D     D A  G 
 When I was a boy 

D        A             G         G   A
 Four houses down from me, Was a family with an only child 
D         A                G           G     A
 She was the only girl, In this whole world that could 
make me smile 

Chorus:
G       A
 Down the road 
G       A     
 I made up reasons to Go 
G      A  D
 Down the road 

D       A              G              G    A
 Somewhere inside of me, there was something she took a liking to 
D             A      G             G    A
 And I asked her to marry me, She said she really wanted to

Chorus:
G       A  
 Down the road 
G         A       
 To see what life's gonna hold 
G      A  D
 Down the road 

Bridge:
Bm             A                 G              D A
 Her momma wants to know, If I'm washed in the blood 
or just in the water 
Bm            A           G           D  A
 Her daddy wants to know, If I make enough to take his daughter 

G      A
 Down the road
G           A  
 Before he could let her Go
G      A  D
 Down The Road

Instrumental: G  A  G  A  G  A  D

D         A                   G           G   A
 Now down the street from here, There's an engineer 
with an only son 
D        A       G                  G   A    
 And our baby girl says, She believes that he is the only one 
G      A 
 Down the road 

Bridge:
Bm            A                  G              D A
 Her momma wants to know, If he's washed in the blood 
or just in the water 
Bm         A           G           D   A
 And I wanna to know, If I make enough to take his daughter 

G      A
 Down the road 
G         A    
 When it comes time to Go 
G      A   D
 Down the road 
G      A
 Down the road 
G           A     
 You know I wanna help her Go 
G     A  D
 Down the road 

G           A   D
Down, down, down that road 
G         A     D
Down, down, down that road