Lowdown - Wire
Pink Flag - 1977
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F D A B G
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|--10----7---------------------|
D|--10----7-----7-----9-----5---|
A|--8-----5-----7-----9-----5---|
E|--x-----x-----5-----7-----3---|
(alternate chords)
F D A B
e|--x-----x-----------------|
B|--6-----3-----------------|
G|--5-----2-----2-----4-----|
D|--3-----0-----2-----4-----|
A|--------------0-----2-----|
E|--------------------------|
( F - D - ) x8
F D
The time is too short
F D
but never too long
F D
to reach ahead,
F D
to project the image,
F D
which will in time-
F D F D F D
become a concrete dream.
F D
Another cigarette,
F D
another day,
F D
from A to B,
F D F D
again avoiding C, D, and E,
F D F D
'cause E is- where you play the blues.
( F - D - ) x2
F D
Avoiding a death
F D
is to win the game,
F D
to avoid relegation,
F D
the big E.
A
Drowning in the big swim,
B G
rising to the surface
( F - D - ) x2
A
P.M.
B G D
The smell of you- That's the lowdown
( F - D - ) x15
F D
That's a lowdown
A
Drowning in the big swim,
B G
rising to the surface
( F - D - ) x2
A
P.M.
B G D
The smell of you- That's the lowdown