Chords with lyrics
music & lyrics: P. Wainman / Harold Spirio
single-released, 1968
I:
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Slow down, you're chasing my life away
D7D7 G7G7
No time in life for tastin'
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm D7D7
The sweet perfections of life with you
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G
Slow motion living could not be blue
D7D7 G7G7
A augmentedA life's to good to hurry
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm D7D7
Slow down, slow living is good for you
CHORUS:
G+G
Don't try so hard to hit ceiling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Goin' to get you down)
G+G
Don't tell me, I know the feeling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Sure will bring you down)
G+G
I'd like to be a goal getter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Goin' to tell you now)
G+G
Slow motion, I can see better
C majorC D MajorD
(That's to see you)
BRIDGE:
FF A#A#
I'd like to let you go
A minorAm A#A#
But it's sure there's favour in
A minorAm A#A# FF
Keep it slow, so I get saver in loving you
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G
Slow down you're chasing my life away
II:
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G
Slow down, you're chasing my life away
D7D7 G7G7
No time in life for tastin'
C majorC G+G E minorEm C majorC G+G E minorEm D7D7
The sweet perfections of life with you
CHORUS:
G+G
Don't try so hard to hit ceiling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Goin' to get you down)
G+G
Don't tell me, I know the feeling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Sure will bring you down)
G+G
I'd like to be a goal getter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Goin' to tell you now)
G+G
Slow motion, I can see better
C majorC D MajorD
(That's to see you)
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G
Slow down, you're chasing my life away
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G
Slow down, you're chasing my life away
C majorC G+G A minorAm C majorC G+G
Slow down, you're chasing my life away
G+G
Don't try so hard to hit ceiling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Goin' to get you down)
G+G
Don't tell me, I know the feeling
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Sure will bring you down)
G+G
I'd like to be a goal getter
C majorC D MajorD G+G
(Goin' to tell you now)
G+G
Slow motion, I can see better
C majorC D MajorD
(That's to see you)