Bruce Cockburn – Its Going Down Slow (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D Cadd9 x2 [Verse 1]
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
[Chorus]
      Am7  D
Oh oh oh

                Em
It's going down slow

      Am7  D
Oh oh oh

                Em
It's going down slow
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
      Am7  D
Oh oh oh

                Em
It's going down slow

      Am7  D
Oh oh oh

                Em
It's going down slow
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
      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              C     G
Let it be his warlike pride