Intro: E A B7 x2

    E
I'm down
    A             B7        E
I'm down and this town is a nuisance
          A        B7       E
It put my backbone all in a ruin
             A    B7        E
And with the area code of a truant
    A             B7         E
I'm fluent in the hazards of love

A
I fed a warrant to a billy goat
B
I fixed the spelling on a suicide note
  C#m
A get well card from a holy ghost
     A                        B7
To a beggar who smells like a rose 

    E
I'm down
    A          B7          E
I'm down and I feel like a loner
          A          B7     E
There's a skyscraper city below her
        A       B7         E
I wanna feed my heart to a cobra
       A            B7         E
'Cause nothing ever happens to me

A
Like a blessing disguised as a curse
B
Like a sermon that's run out of words
C#m
Like a cage that can't keep any birds
        A                   B7
I can't keep my arms around you

    E
I'm down

E A B7 x4

A B C#m

A B

    E
I'm down
    A             B7        E
I'm down and this town is a backdrop
  A         B7     E
A back road over a roadblock
       A   B7         E
With a debutante in a tank-top
      A           B7        E
Who's teaching me how to be free

A
Like a prayer in a personal ad
B
Like a knife in a broken back
         C#m
Learn to love what you can't get rid of
  A                   B7
Before it gets rid of you

    E     A B7
I'm down
    E     A B7
I'm down
    E     A B7
I'm down
    E     A B7
I'm down

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