Hiatt John - Down In Front First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Hiatt John. Other chords and tabs for the "Down In Front" can find at the bottom of the page. [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] John Hiatt / Two Bit Monsters 1980 John in G Notated in 2 (measure gets 2 beats) 1 5 I spend so much time tryin^Г’ 1 4 To learn all your languages 1 5 2- 2- I got nothin^Г’ to say 1 5 It^Г’s all cheap talk in kind 4 1 And a matter of time 5 5 5 5 Some fool gets his way 1 5 1 4 Down on his knees he says I got this feelin^Г’ 1 5 2- 2- That you^Г’re not that kind of girl 6- 6- 4 4 And no one knows better as he takes off your sweater b7 4 5 5 Just what he means when he^Г’s promised you the world |1* 2*|3* 6- |6- 5 |5 Down in front |1* 2* 3* repeat That^Г’s all they want |1* 2* 3* Just two square inches 4 4 / / He^Г’s a snake in britches Shakin^Г’ your head as you lie with the enemy So much louder than words All that you felt one more notch in his belt Well have you heard You got no heart for these bullets he^Г’s loaded with They just lite up the sky And who needs a hero when it^Г’s zero to zero I don^Г’t know baby it^Г’s just an alibi CHORUS @ |6- / 5 |6- 6- 5 | You could be an-y- one |6- / 5 |6- 5 5 |1 |4 |1 |4 5 | Who can^Г’t be both-ered with names |6- / 5 |6- 6- 5 | Turn off the lites turn the |6- / 5 |6- 5 5 |2- |2- |5 |5 | latch it^Г’s just more of the same CHORUS @ triplets, 3 beats per measure of 2 beats duration * play the low dom5 interval (in E=e & b) on bottom 2 strings Number System: Key Scale Notes (example in key of C) 1=C 2=D 3=E 4=F 5=G 6=A 7=B 9=D ETC. b2=Db #4=F# b7=Bb These hold true for BASS NOTES [ 2-/5 = D-/G ] Duration Notation: | = bar line; within bar lines chords divide measure No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time / = play same as previous chord, beat or measure |