Monterey Guitar chords by Eden Prairie

[Intro]
(Emin)   (Dmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Gmaj)  (Emin)   (Dmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Cmaj)

[Verse 1]
(Emin)           (Dmaj)           (Cmaj)               (Gmaj)
I was all of 17 when you moved from Monterey
    (Emin)              (Dmaj)                 (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
And I’d never known loving quite that way
       (Emin)                 (Dmaj)              (Cmaj)                (Gmaj)
In the throws of youthful bravado we had nothing else but time
      (Emin)              (Dmaj)             (Cmaj)                (Cmaj)
And I swore I’d never take that job working down the mine

[Chorus]
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Gmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling

[Verse 2]
            (Emin)                  (Dmaj)          (Cmaj)                     (Gmaj)
You weren't fooled by dreams of money or a young boy's quest for fame
       (Emin)                  (Dmaj)                (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
It was something else that made you take my name
        (Emin)             (Dmaj)              (Cmaj)              (Gmaj)
We were of a time when people lived according to the Lord
      (Emin)              (Dmaj)             (Cmaj)             (Cmaj)
And a girl in your condition had to fall upon her sword

[Chorus]
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling

[Verse 3]
        (Emin)               (Dmaj)              (Cmaj)                   (Gmaj)
Now the winters here are brutal and the wind it chills your bones
        (Emin)       (Dmaj)                 (Cmaj)        (Cmaj)
And the dampness never leaves your clothes
    (Emin)                    (Dmaj)              (Cmaj)                    (Gmaj)
The years have done their damage and the whiskey’s played its part
       (Emin)        (Dmaj)            (Cmaj)                (Cmaj)
As the calluses upon my hands moved towards my heart

[Chorus]
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling

[Verse 4]
    (Emin)              (Dmaj)                   (Cmaj)             (Gmaj)
The mines are all a-closing and there's no work to be found
    (Emin)              (Dmaj)               (Cmaj)              (Cmaj)
Our faces match the thunder brewing on the edge of town
        (Emin)        (Dmaj)             (Cmaj)                (Gmaj)
And the litany of promises that disappeared like ice
(Emin)             (Dmaj)                (Cmaj)                 (Cmaj)
Left us like a gambler shooting craps with loaded dice

[Chorus]
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling
        (Emin)   (Dmaj)    (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
We keep fa – al - ling

[Solo]
(Emin)   (Dmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Emin)   (Dmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Emin)   (Dmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Emin)   (Dmaj)  (Cmaj)  (Cmaj)

[Verse 5]
           (Emin)               (Dmaj)                 (Cmaj)              (Gmaj)
Now you're sitting here and dreaming bout the bluffs of Monterey
       (Emin)             (Dmaj)             (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
It was never all that warm there anyway
    (Emin)                (Dmaj)                   (Cmaj)            (Gmaj)
And all the things we should have said so many years before
    (Emin)                 (Dmaj)             (Cmaj)               (Cmaj)
Are flaking like the decaying paint upon the kitchen door

[Outro]
            (Emin)   (Dmaj)   (Cmaj)    (Cmaj)           (Emin)   (Dmaj)   (Cmaj)   (Cmaj)
The kitchen do – o - or,      kitchen do – o - or