Verse
[Am7]
I been down in Pennsylvania,
[Dm7] [Am7]
Where I was working in the mine.
And I been down in Cincinnati;
[Dm7] [Am7]
They laid me off the assembly line.
[Em7] [Dm7]
Yeah, they got me looking everywhere,
[Am7] [Em7]
But I ain't too proud of what I found.
[Am7]
And you can't name where I ain't been down.
[Dm7] [Am7] [Em7]
'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
Verse
[Am7]
I was down in Kansas City,
[Dm7] [Am7]
Where even the blues sell by the pound
And I been down in New York City, brother,
[Dm7] [Am7]
And that ain't no place to be down.
[Em7] [Dm7]
Yeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children;
[Am7] [Em7]
You see, we're looking for a higher ground,
[Am7]
And you can't name where we ain't been down.
[Dm7] [Am7] [Em7]
'Cause there ain't no place we ain't been
Chorus
[Dm7]
We fell down somewhere
[Am7]
Between the cities and the towns.
[Dm7]
We went down, I know,
[Am7]
Between the smiles and the frowns.
[Dm7]
And if they call me in the morning,
[Am7] [Em7]
I mean, I'd recognize the sound,
[Am7]
'Cause you can't name where we ain't been down.
[Dm7] [Am7] [Em7]
There ain't no place we ain't been down.
Verse
[Am7]
Standing in the shadows
[Dm7] [Am7]
It sho'nuff (sure enough) looks like rain.
I see the steel-gray clouds above me
[Dm7] [Am7]
Yeah, well the anguish and the pain.
[Em7] [Dm7]
Yeah, I been looking everywhere for peace,
[Am7] [Em7]
But I swear, there just ain't none around.
[Am7]
But you can't name where I ain't been down.
[Dm7] [Am7] [Em7]
'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
Chorus
[Dm7]
We been down
[Am7]
Between the cities and the towns.
[Dm7]
Yeah, been down somewhere
[Am7]
Between the smiles and the frowns.
[Dm7]
And if they call me in the morning,
[Am7] [Em7]
I mean, I'd recognize the sound,
[Am7]
'Cause you can't name where I ain't been down.
[Dm7] [Am7] [Em7]
There ain't no place I ain't been down.
