Down And Out chords

Down And Out

• Em

Intro: Synth Strings High B sustained and play underneath:
       4/4  |Em | Em6 | Bm(D inversion)| Bm(root) | Em | Em6     

5/4  |B(guitar riff) F#/B   | E/B    F#/B |
     |B              F#/B   | E/B Dmaj7/B | D(Guitar changes to D)   

D Bass Pedal Throughout, Organ Chords: Dm, F, C, Dm, A, 
                                       Dm, Bb, F, C, G, Dm

Dm   F          C     Dm     A   Dm
It's good to be here, how've you been?
Bb       F         C       G  Dm
Check my bags, boy where's my room?
  F          C      Dm     A  Dm  
I sit on the phone, that's my game
Bb          F         C   G   D    
Keep up the pressure all the way


(synth notes in parentheses)
D (D F# A C B)                 G(land on B synth note on bush)
I don't want to beat about the bush
(G B D F E) 

C(Land on E) (C E G Bb A)      Dm(F# A C Eb D)
But none of us are getting any younger

D7b9(Land on D then down an octave to D F# A C Bb) 

                                   Gm(land on Bb)(G Bb D F)
There's people out there who could take your place

Cm(Eb C Eb G Bb A)     A(E F# G A D)   
A more commercial view, a fresher face


Dm
F        C       Dm   A Dm
I need a shower, take a nap
Bb                   F            C    G Dm
I'll meet you in the bar, we must have a rap
          F          C       Dm  A  Dm 
There's a lot on the line, a lot to say
        Bb               F    C   G D 
There's something I must tell you today

                        G
You and I both know the score
C                            Dm
You can't go on like this forever
D7b9                   Gm
So it's with regret, I tell you now
Cm                       A
That from this moment on  you're on your own

4/4
D/C                C               
I don't talk round corners
D/C                    C
It's right between the eyes
A                           Gmaj7/A G/A
If you're slow they'll run  past    you
A                    G/A     Am Gmaj7/A
Stand tall, see them falling ov er

D/C      C
I walk a straight line
D/C                    C
It's right between the eyes
A                Gmaj7/A G 
Well show me the door
A                        G   Am Gmaj7/A   
Show me someone who'll do it better


5/4 Back To D Bass Pedal: Organ Chords: Dm, F, C, Dm, A, 
                                        Dm, Bb, F, C, G, Dm

    F             C   Dm A  Dm 
The drinks are on me, be my guest
Bb      F      C    G   Dm
Smoke a cigar, take the best
      F          C            Dm   A Dm
Don't hedge your bets, we can make a deal
Bb                 F          C   G   D
You got it in your pocket and how you feel?


                             G
So glad that's over, now you know
C                         Dm
But I'm only acting under orders
D7b9                         Gm 
And looking down on you from way up here
Cm                         A
You've got to sink or swim, get off the floor


Solo: |D  |F  |x3 
      |G  |A  |D/C

4/4
D/C                C   
I don't talk round corners
D/C                    C
It's right between the eyes
A                          Gmaj7/A G/A
If you're slow they'll run past    you
A                    G/A     Am Gmaj7/A   
Stand tall, see them falling ov er


D/C      C
I walk a straight line
D/C               C
Right between the eyes
A                Gmaj7/A G/A
Well show me the door
A                      G/A   Am Gmaj7/A
Show me someone who'll do it better


Outro: |Em  |A     |Bm   |Bmadd9 |Em   |A  |
       | B  | F#/B |E/B  |F#/B   |  B  |x2  Synth runs up E scale to end on High B

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