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Long Slow Slide

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Intro: Em, D, Em, D  
Verse 1:
EmLights are brighDt in the circus
EmThe geeks and the freaks all ligDht cigarettes and laugh at your misery
EmWhile the weight of the Dcurtain closing crushes your heart
EmThe inertia of lonelinesDs tears your flesh apart
GIt's a long slow slide
EmIt's a long slow slide
AIt's a long slow slide
DDown
EmOnce the neon is gone
DThere's still that golden splinter at your side
EmHis manners are charming, but whDo are you fooling? You are still nobody's bride
EmAnd Bukowski's widow hauDnts each empty seat on the ferris wheel
EmAs ghoulish lovers colliDde in a collage of kisses that they steal
GIt's a long slow slide
EmIt's a long slow slide
AIt's a long slow slide
DDown
  D-    A-  Bm  
  D-    A-  Bm  
  D-    G-  C#m  
  D-    A-  Bm  
EmAnd outside the window the circuDs crackles and lurches with rings of smoke
EmYou laugh halfheartedly at the pDunchline, not realizing they've made you the joke
EmAnd inside my heart a war is Draging in regions still untamed
EmThe worst fear I can imaDgine is for the mystery to be named
EmIs for the mysteDry to be named
GIt's a long slow slide
EmIt's a long slow slide
AIt's a long slow slide
GIt's a long slow slide
EmIt's a long slow slide
AIt's a long slow slide
DDown
 C#m= 556775

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Long Slow Slide

by Jewel

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

Em D Em D

Intro: , , ,

Verse 1:

Em D

Lights are bright in the circus

Em D

The geeks and the freaks all light cigarettes and laugh at your misery

Em D

While the weight of the curtain closing crushes your heart

Em D

The inertia of loneliness tears your flesh apart

It's a long slow slide

Down

Once the neon is gone

There's still that golden splinter at your side

Em D

His manners are charming, but who are you fooling? You are still nobody's bride

Em D

And Bukowski's widow haunts each empty seat on the ferris wheel

Em D

As ghoulish lovers collide in a collage of kisses that they steal

It's a long slow slide

Down

D A Bm

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D A Bm

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D G C#m

- -

D A Bm

- -

Em D

And outside the window the circus crackles and lurches with rings of smoke

Em D

You laugh halfheartedly at the punchline, not realizing they've made you the joke

Em D

And inside my heart a war is raging in regions still untamed

Em D

The worst fear I can imagine is for the mystery to be named

Em D

Is for the mystery to be named

It's a long slow slide

Down

C#m

= 556775

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