Slow Down chords by Timothy Robert Salzman

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: F

🎸 Intro:

F   Bb  (D  G)

🎸 Verse 1:
   F
I saw a man in a rockin’ chair
         Bb                  F
He was hummin’ hia favorite song
    F
A lonely look and some white grey hair
   Bb                  F
I knew it wouldn’t be long
    C
I pulled up a chair and I asked his name
 Bb                       C
“Sir can you spare some time ”
        C
I’m a lonesome rider in a lonely game
       Bb                      C
And I read a little book last night
         C       Bb         F
It said slow …       slow down

🎸 Verse 2:
    F
He told a story about Vietnam
       Bb               F
and a soldier far from home
        F
He was sendin’ his texts thru a telegram
        Bb                    F
and his car was trimmed with chrome
   C
Another place and another time
   Bb                   C
I could see them oh so real
  C
Sittin’ on the porch and hearin’ this man
    Bb                    C
I couldn’t know what I’d feel
         C     Bb           F
He said slow …       slow down

🎸 Instrumental:
F  Bb F  F  Bb F  C  Bb C  C  Bb C  C  Bb F

🎸 Verse 3:
    F
He saw me lookin’ at a faded charm
          Bb                    F
That was hangin’ from a silver chain
     F
He touched some ink painted on his arm
       Bb                         F
That spelled out his late wife’s name
    C
An old tattoo and a silver heart
    Bb                C
Was all this man had left
    C
A life of love now a world apart
    Bb                C
He said he had been blessed
          C     Bb          F
He said slow …       slow down

🎸 Verse 4:
   F
Twilight came and the lights grew dim
   Bb                   F
I stood and I turned to go
 F
One last thing as I looked at him
   Bb                    F
A thing I wanted him to know
   C
I took some time and I stopped my world
   Bb               C
To hear your tale today
    C
I learned so much as your life unfurled
   Bb              C
In all you had to say
          C      Bb           F
You said slow …       slow down

🎸 Instrumental:
F  Bb F  F  Bb F  C  Bb C  C  Bb C  C  Bb F

Tag:
    C
I pulled up a chair and I asked his name
  Bb                     C
“Sir can you spare some time ”
         C
I’m a lonesome rider in a lonely game
       Bb                      C
And I read a little book last night
         C      Bb          F
It said slow …       slow down