Its Going Down Slow

Intro: G D Cadd9 (x2) 

 
G                     D 
Go tell the sergeant-major 
Cadd9 
To get that thing repaired 
G                             D 
They're losing their pawns in Asia 
Cadd9 
There's slaughter in every square 


      Am7  D 
Oh oh oh 
Em 
It's going down slow 
      Am7  D 
Oh oh oh 
Em 
It's going down slow 

 
G                  D 
Go get the fire department 
Cadd9 
To bring that hose along 
G                           D 
And them and the schoolboy bandits 
Cadd9 
Can water each other's lawn 

 
      Am7  D 
Oh oh oh 
Em 
It's going down slow 
      Am7  D 
Oh oh oh 
Em 
It's going down slow 


G                      D 
Everybody seems to be leaving 
Cadd9 
Better say your travelling prayers 
G                       D 
It don't matter how you get it 
Cadd9 
It's where do you go from there 


      Am7  D 
Oh oh oh 
Em 
It's going down slow 
      Am7  D 
Oh oh oh 
Em 
It's going down slow 
      Am7  D 
Oh oh oh 
Em 
It's going down slow 
     Am7  D 
Mmmhmhm 
Em 
It's going down slow 

Interlude: 
D D/C D/B D/A 

Outro: 
G    D/F#     Em       G 
God, damn the hands of glory 
C             D                E 
That hold the bloody firebrand high 
Am        C    Bm          Em 
Close the book and end the story 
C/D 
Of how so many men have died 
G       D/F#  Em        G 
Let the world retain in memory 
C           D                   E 
That mighty tongues tell mighty lies 
Am     C       Bm           Em 
And if mankind must have an enemy 
D                     E 
Let it be his warlike pride 
Am     D              G 
Let it be his warlike pride