Go Down Swingin' chords by John Hiatt

SimplifiedC · G · Dsus4 · D · Em

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G
Dsus4
D
Em

Intro 1

Dsus4

Verse 1

Kickin' and a-screamin'

Only Only way I learn

I'm afraid of my own shadow

Not the bridge around the turn

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Verse 2

Well I lost myself and found myself

While you were kissin' ass

And I know it's not your nature

Just to let me pass

Verse 3
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I'm gonna go down swingin'
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Singin' till the end
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I'm gonna go down swingin'
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You and me and your best friend
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I'm gonna go down swingin'
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Upper cut and two left jabs
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Em 
I'm gonna go  down swingin' with everything
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I have
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Dsus4 
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Verse 4
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Sometimes I am a predator
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Prowlin' for my life
Other times I am a field mouse
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Running for the sides
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Of the biggest, flattest corn field
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Bigger than my Indiana home
Em 
Ã???Til the harvest comes along
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And I leave my tiny bones

Verse 5
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I'm gonna go down swingin'
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Singin' till the end
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I'm gonna go down swingin'
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Like the Duke recommends
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I'm gonna go down swingin'
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For the bleachers in left field
Em 
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I'm gonna go  down swingin' like a blade of steel

Interlude 1

Dsus4

Verse 6
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There's a scarecrow
scarin' nothin'
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Trumpet player in the barn
And he's puffin' both
his cheeks out
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And he's liftin' both his arms

Verse 7

As he blows his notes to heaven

As the preacher dunks you in

And all along the river

The air is sweet as sin

Verse 8
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I wanna go down singin'
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Hallelujah Gabriel
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I wanna go down singin'
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Oh, you play the blues so well
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I wanna go down swingin'
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Three sheets to the wind
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I wanna go  down swingin',
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punch drunk to the end