Slow Down Easy
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Chorus
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, I??ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don??t you know, honey it??s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won??t you be mine
Verse
Em Bm
We were born homesick, the plot was understood
Em G
We put away all the worry we could keep
Em Bm
Maybe I??m too burdened to tremble like I should
Em A
Maybe you??re too sick to go too deep
Chorus
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, I??ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don??t you know, honey it??s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won??t you be mine
Verse
Em Bm
Dissatisfaction, the tired familiar taste
Em G
Coughing up bad blood in every rhyme
Em Bm
Come on young savior, don??t let your fever go to waste
Em A
You got neon arms for new age crimes
Chorus
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, I??ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don??t you know, honey it??s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won??t you be mine
[Solo: repeat the chords from the chorus, there's some fingerpicking going on, best to listen to it yourself
as John Moreland likes to improvise as well during live sessions.]
Verse
Em
Your heart??s on the table
Em
You do what you??re able
Em A
Don??t you suffer no pain over me
Chorus
Strum down and let it ring
G G
Slow down easy, I??ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don??t you know, honey it??s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won??t you be mine
Repeat
G DBm D G
... I??ve been hauling a heavy soul
G Bm
...
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
GDBm
Outro - strum once each
G
D
Bm