Chords for You Bowed Down - Roger McGuinn & Elvis Costello (1991)

_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
I suppose [Cm] you're entitled to know [Ab] why I'm making [F] _ contact _
[Ab] _ with [Eb] acquaintances scattered
all over [F] the land.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ I [Cm] promise you now and again [Ab] that I'd honor [F] the _ [Ab] contract _ if it [Eb] hadn't crumbled away [Fm] in my hand.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ But we [Bb] broke that vow _
[Fm] _ _ independently [Bb] _ now. _
[F] _ But I [Cm] don't know why [Ab] _
you absolutely denied.
You [Eb] bowed down.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ You [Ab] bowed down.
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] You bowed down.
You [Cm] bowed [F] down.
You [Ab] bowed _ [F] down.
_ [Eb] _ _
_ You [Cm] bowed down.
One day I might say [Ab] it was really [F] a kindness.
[Ab] _
_ _ It [Eb] must have hurt to see [F] how dreams sour.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ Now they [Cm] say that justice and love [Ab] are the next [F] things to blindness.
[Ab] _
_ Well, you're [Eb] getting plenty of both [F] of [Fm] them now.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ And so [Bb] you parade _ _
[F] where _ [Bb] appointments are made [F] _ and never meant [Cm] to be kept _
[Ab] _ _ unless you accept
you [Ebm] bowed down.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ You [Cm] [Ab] bowed down.
[Eb] _ _ _ [G] You [Eb] bowed down.
_ [Cm] You [F] bowed down.
You [Ab] bowed [Eb] down.
_ [G] _ _ _
[Ab] _ You _ [Bb] bowed down.
You'll remember a [Ab] falling leaves and you'll [Bb] long to delay. _ _
[Ab] _ _ You'll [Bb] feel their breath as they whisper, [Ab] it won't hurt you not [Bb] to betray. _
[Eb] You should.
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ And now [Cm] every time that we meet [Ab] on the [Gm] edge [F] of _ _ _
[Ab] hysteria, you're [Eb] helping them sell out
some new [F] party line.
[C] I [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] remember a time when you [Ab] would have [Gm] seen so [F] _ superior. _
[Ab] _ And now you say, [Eb] will you please meet this good [F] friend of mine.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ So [Bb] you're in demand. _
[F] _ As long [Bb] as you kiss their hand. _
[F] _ _ But all the [Cm] _ applause [Ab] _ is for their name not yours.
[Bb] You bowed down.
[Cm] You [Bb] bowed down.
You bowed _ down.
[F] _ _
[Eb] You bowed down.
[Cm] You bowed down. _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb]
You bowed down.
[Cm] _ _ [F] You bowed down.
You [Ab] bowed down.
[Eb] _ [F] _ _
[Eb] You [Gm] bowed down.
[Cm] _ [Eb] You bowed down. _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _