Down On Our Own Shield Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

F Dm

It's a struggle, it's a Fshame

It's all give and nDmo take

Whatever, it iCs now, it's right up to ouA♯5r waist

It's a pity, it's a Fshame to see it all slip Dmaway

I've seen you worCried babe, but never this A♯5way

We hold our Fground, we don't Ckneel

If we Dmgo Dm A♯7Mdown we go

A♯5Down on our own Fshield

It's a river of Ftears

And we're in over ouDmr ears

In the dark it Crides off with our A♯5better years

It's a bottomlesFs well

It's a littlDme overkill

It's the end of aC dragon's tail

That's whippingA♯5 round our heels

But we don'tF bow, we make noC deals

If we Dmgo Dm A♯7Mdown we go

A♯5Down on our own Fshield

Dm In this corner ladies andF gentlemen

Weighing Cin, all along my love for G7her is strong

A♯5 We scaled pillars Fto here tonight A♯5

It's not the kind of trick Cyou get to pull twice

It's an ambush Fgirl

A cold-blooded Dmlow down dirty world

See them Cyellow lanters walk

A circle arA♯5ound our bit of earth

It's a turn for the Fworse

It's off with their Dmheads if they don't learn

We do this Cover their dead bodies

Before it's oA♯5ver mine or yours

We don't Fbeg for mercyC dear

If we Dmgo Dm A♯7Mdown we go

A♯5Down on our own Fshield

DmDown Dm we A♯7Mgo

A♯5Down on our own shield

I am a songwriter (or at least like to call myself one) and this is one of the most

heart breakingly poignant songs I have heard in a long time.

Note - the Dm(maj7)-Bmaj7 run during the chorus is just my attempt to include the bass

line run in an acoustic accompaniment. When researching the names for these chords the

chord that I have labeled as Dm(maj7) was also marked as D m7 (which didn't jive with my

understanding of theory and chord building) and as an F6 (which it is, just inverted).