Bow Down

Intro: Bm7 

 
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I was a sailor 
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I was a sailor, and now I'm a boat 
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I was a car 
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I was a car, and now I'm the road 
 

 
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And I was kneeling on the turnpike 
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With an angel down my throat 
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She said "You don't know what it's like 
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To bow down, down, down to Maria's dead bones"  

(Down, down, down, down) 

 

 
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I was in love (I was in love) 
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I was in love, and now I'm in hell 
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With Maria's bones talking to myself 
 

 
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You don't know what it's like 
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She said, "He with least money has the most to sell, sell, sell" 
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And she said, "I've met angels so deep undercover 
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That they'd sit on Solomon's throne 
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And you don't know what it's like 
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You don't know what it's like 
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You don't know what it's like 
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To bow down, down, down, down to Maria's bones" 
 

 
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(Down, down, down, down, down, down, down...) 

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You don't know what it's like 
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To bow down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down 
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Down to Maria's bones