[Verse 1]
G
I hear you're leaving town
D
'Cause you're tired of hanging around
C C/G
The same city limit signs
G C
You've been waiting around your whole life
G
Just like a baby bird
D
Nervous when it first learned
C
To spread its wings
C/G G
And fly into the air
[Pre-Chorus]
D
Now I've got to tell you something
These words might hurt
But please hold them long enough
G D C
To feel their weight as they plead
[Chorus]
G D
Slow down, slow down
C
Grab a coffee here with me
G D
And take a second to breathe
G D
Slow down, slow down
C
Let's be quiet for a while
G D
And I will try to make you smile
G
Slow down
[Verse 2]
G
You love it when it rains
D
'Cause it always washes away
C C/G
The dirt between the cracks
G D
Of everything that we think we see
G
Now all your bags are packed
D
Your father's head tips back
C C/G
Into the chair that he sits
G D
While he watches you slip away
[Pre-Chorus]
D
He cries, "Will you please forgive me, darling
I can't keep living brokenhearted
First it was your mother
G D C
Now it's bound to be you"
[Chorus]
G D
Slow down, slow down
C
What about all our memories
G D
When you would dance and sing for me
G D
Slow down, slow down
C
What happened to my baby girl
G D
Who used to sit on top the world
G
Slow down
[Verse 3]
Em
You can travel the world
C G
Just as fast as your feet'll go
Em
Graze the Atlantic shorelines
C G
Sleep in hotels of Tokyo
Em
Lose everything in Vegas
C G
Then go falling in love in Spain
Em
But like Arizona's canyons
C G
A hole in you remains
[Pre-Chorus]
D
I just want you to believe
That the invisible frame's what we see
And it's as beautiful as a baby's eyes
G D C
And as incredible as the first time they breathe
[Chorus]
G D
Slow down, slow down
C
Grab a coffee here with me
G D
And take a second to breathe
G D
Slow down, slow down
C
Let's be quiet for a while
G D
And I will try to make you smile
G
Slow down