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Going Down Slow

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EDIT: Nov. 2021
Have added a PRINT VERSION underneath.
Also have no idea why some feckin' gobbaloons feel the
need to feck up a TAB by inserting [Verse] markers.
Going Down Slow
[Verse 1]
Well, it's a quaGrter of two, And I'm loD7oking at you
An' we're, gCoin' down, gD7oin' down sGlow G  
Yeah, it's a quaGrter of two, And I'm loD7oking at you
An' we're, gCoin' down, gD7oin' down sGlow G  
[Verse 2]
D7TV went off about oGne, D7We have only beGgun
D7I know that the wGine's nearly gone, But I got A7no intention of gD7oin' home
An' it's a quaGrter of three, And you're diD7ggin' on me
An' we're, gCoin' down, gD7oin' down sGlow G  
[Solo]
G D7 C D7 G G
[Verse 3]
D7Could stay here all niGght, D7thinkin' you're out of sGight
D7Please get up and turn out the liGght
'Cause there ain't noA7thing better than the miD7ddle a'the night
[Verse 4]
When it's a quaGrter of four, An' you're beD7ggin' for more
And we're, gCoin' down, gD7oin' down sGlow
And we're, gCoin' down, gD7oin' down slGow
We're, goCin' down, gD7oin' down slGow
C   D7   G  E|--3-2-1-0--0-0-2-3--| G  
Goin' do-wn Goin' do-wn slooo-ow
GOING DOWN SLOW
Well, It's a quarter of tGwo, And I'm looking at youD7  
An' we're, Goin' down, CGoin' down, Slow D7  G  G  
Yeah, It's a quarter of two G, And I'm looking at youD7  
An' we're, Goin' down, CGoin' down, Slow D7  G  G  
D7TV went off about one, We Ghave oD7nly begunG  
D7I know that the wine's nearly Ggone, But I got no intention of, Goin' homeA7  D7  
An' it's a quarter of Gthree, And you're diggin' on meD7  
An' we're, Goin' down, CGoin' down, SlowD7  G  G  
INST: G   D7   C   D7   G  G  
D7Could stay here all night, ThGinkin' yD7ou're out of sightG  
D7Please get up and turn out the lightG  
'Cause there ain't nothing better thaA7n the middle a'the nightD7  
When it's a quarter of fouGr, An' you're beggin' for moreD7  
And we're, Goin' down, CGoin' down, SlowD7  G  
And we're, Goin' down, CGoin' down, SlowD7  G  
And we're, Goin' down, CGoin' down, SlowD7  G  
C   D7   G  E|--3-2-1-0--0-1-2-3--| GChord
Goin' do-wn, Goin' do-wn, Slooo-ow
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