Melinda Down The Line
Ian Fitzgerald · F
Melinda Down The Line
Ian Fitzgerald
Other
Real Key
F
Rate
Real Key
F
ledutu
F
0.2x
120
BPM1
2
3
4
Rhythm
2/4
3/4
4/4
5/4
6/8
7/8
No Accent
Downbeat
Backbeat
All Equal
1 & 3
CHORDS
[F] 133211
[F7] 131211
[Bb] x13331
[C] x32010
[Dm] xx0231
[Dsus4] xx0233
[G] 320003
[G7] 320001
[Gm] 355333
[Gsus4] 355533
PICKING PATTERN
[F] / [F7]
e|--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
B|--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
G|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---|
D|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
A|------------3-----------------------3-----------|
E|--1-----------------------1---------------------|
[Bb]
e|--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
B|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
G|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
D|------------3-----------------------3-----------|
A|--1-----------------------1---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
[C]
e|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
B|--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
G|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
D|------------2-----------------------2-----------|
A|--3-----------------------3---------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
[Dm] / [Dsus4]
e|--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
B|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
G|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---|
D|--0-----------------------0---------------------|
A|------------0-----------------------0-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Dsus4:
e|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
B|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
G|--------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---|
D|--0-----------------------0---------------------|
A|------------0-----------------------0-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
[G] / [G7] / [Gm] / [Gsus4]
e|--------3-----------3-----------3-----------3---|
B|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
G|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
D|------------0-----------------------0-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------3---------------------|
[G7]
e|--------1-----------1-----------1-----------1---|
B|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
G|--------0-----------0-----------0-----------0---|
D|------------0-----------------------0-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|--3-----------------------3---------------------|
Verse 1
[F]
I've been weary since I woke, saw the light and smelled the smoke
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
[F]
There's a woman 'neath my window; I don't wanna let her in, though
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
Chorus
[Bb]
Gonna meet her down the line
[F]
where good fortune meets design
[G]
Where the benefits you pray for
[G7]
meet the penitence you pay for
[C]
And a dollar ain't worth nothing
[Bb]
'cause it can't buy any time
[F]
Gonna make sure that
[Bb] [F]
Melinda's doing fine
Verse 2
[F]
I have held her body quaking every time she's been forsaken
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
[F]
Even if I held the gun, it would be straight to me she'd run
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
Chorus
[Bb]
Gonna meet her down the line
[F]
where good fortune meets design
[G]
Where the benefits you pray for
[G7]
meet the penitence you pay for
[C]
And a dollar ain't worth nothing
[Bb]
'cause it can't buy any time
[F]
Gonna make sure that
[Bb] [F]
Melinda's doing fine
Verse 3
[Dm]
In her home behind the mine shaft,
[Bb]
she could hear it when the boys laughed
[F]
Or when one would drop his ax
[Bb]
and pass the cards
[Dm]
Not a single bird in sight;
[Bb]
she imagined they took flight
[F]
'Cause there's work to be had here,
[Bb]
but it's hard
[F]
Got to scrub the pots and pans
[Bb]
if you want to watch her dance
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
[F]
You can beg forevermore,
[Bb]
but she'll never take the floor
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
Chorus
[Bb]
Gonna meet her down the line
[F]
where good fortune meets design
[Gm]
Where the benefits you pray for
[Gsus4]
meet the penitence you pay for
[Dm] [C]
And a dollar ain't worth nothing
[Bb]
'cause it can't buy any time
[F]
Gonna make sure that
[F]
Melinda's doing fine
Verse 4
[F]
There's the gentle dark of night and the dark you just can't fight
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
[F]
Hold her hand and sign the deed:
[F7]
satisfaction guaranteed
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
Solo
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
Verse 5
[Dm]
Sweat that started on her brow
[Bb]
wound up buried by the plow
[F]
In the soil being swept
[Bb]
to either side
[Dm]
But rocks aren't fit to plant in;
[Bb]
some folks work so they can't sin
[F]
And some so they can say,
[Bb]
"At least we tried"
[F]
There are foxes in the yard
[Bb]
'til the morning standing guard
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
[F]
I would comfort, but I can't:
[F7]
planned my last words in advance
[Bb] [F]
I'm gonna meet Melinda down the line
[Final Chorus]
[Bb]
Gonna meet her down the line
[F]
where good fortune meets design
[Gm]
Where the benefits you pray for
[C]
meet the penitence you pay for
[C]
And a dollar ain't worth nothing
[Bb]
'cause it can't buy any time
[F]
Gonna make sure that
[F]
Melinda's doing fine
Outro
[F]
Chords Used (10)
Guitar
Ukulele
F
1 / 5
F7
1 / 4
Bb
1 / 4
C
1 / 4
Dm
1 / 4
Dsus4
1 / 4
G
1 / 5
G7
1 / 4
Gm
1 / 4
Gsus4
1 / 4
Song Info
Real Key
F
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