This is the title track of sorts off of our second record, The First Time You Got Scared. It’s called “Maybe,” but that’s the first line of the second verse and Sam thought it sounded cool and so, voila, the name of a record. Nice of him to consult everyone.

Anyhoo … some of you may find this similar to just about every song that Bob Dylan wrote, but that’s kind of unfair since these are all the best chords and Dylan can’t just have them. You can make a lot of hay with these four chords. We recommend you learn them and keep them handy for other bluegrass and folks songs.

Verse: G D Am C G D C C

Chorus: G D Am C G D Am Am

Verse 1

G                               D                    Am                           C
Whaddaya gonna do, when it all comes down to you?

G                               D                             C                           C
Whaddaya gonna do when they’re gone?

G                               D                 Am                           C
Whaddaya gonna be when it all comes down to history?

G                               D                             C                           C
When you gonna find out what you want?

Chorus

G             D     Am C                               G
Maybe, oh, maybe you’re coming home

Am
Maybe you’re not

G             D     Am C                               G
Maybe, oh, maybe you’re coming home

Am
Maybe you’re not

Verse 2

G         D                    Am                           C
I saw you the first time you go scared

G        D                         C                           C
I saw you caught in a lie

G            D                          Am                           C
I saw it all when you’re pushed up against the wall

G           D                             C                           C
I think maybe I saw you die

CHORUS

Verse 3

G              D                   Am              C
You told me it would all be alright

G                      D                             C                           C
You told me things would be fine

G                     D                                   Am                           C
You said the one thing wrong was playing this stupid song

G                          D                             C                           C
You said you’d see me down the line

CHORUS

FINISH

In the last chorus, go a capella for the middle of three go-rounds. It sounds really cool if you don’t suck at singing.

Listen here and compare your singing to the Grassholes’!