I Won't Go Down chords by The Waifs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G C G Em C G

Verse:
G       C           G
Silver dagger lightning slashed the sky
  Em         C        G
Its Crooked tongue was telling crooked lies
G           C       Em
Blood flowed down in a bitter driving rain
   G       C        G
As I stand upon the sand I feel the pain

G      C        G
Savage ocean pounded patient shore
    Em      C       G
Like a jealous lover trying to feel secure
    G         C      Em
But the sand withstands it don't admit defeat
      G        C      G
And on the turning tide the angry waves retreat

Chorus:
      D
I won't go down
      Em
I won't go down
      D Dsus2 Em
I won't go do..ow...own

Verse:
G       C          G
Demon wind was howling threats and hate
   Em       C       G
It's salty spray was spitting in my face
G         C       Em
Without something firm to stand upon
    G        C        G
I'd be here one minute and the next be gone

Chorus:
      D
I won't go down
      Em
I won't go down
      D Dsus2 Em
I won't go do..ow...own

Bridge:
     D         Em
Storm as big as a mountain range
    D       Em
Coming down - heavy, strange
     C        G
I perish Lord you know I will
      D
A voice it whispers
      Em
"Peace, be still"

Verse:
  G       C        G
The dying sun was all but laid to rest
      Em       C        G
But for the remnant of some gunfight in the west
G        C      Em
Goodbye's never easy don't I know
     G        C        G
But these fingernails are finally letting go

      D
I won't go down
      Em
I won't go down
      D Dsus2
I won't go do..own
     Em
Without a fight

G       C     G
Fading distant fireworks display
      Em      C     G
Is growing silent as the fury rolls away
G         C       Em
Shooting stars are dancing up on high
      G        C        G
They ask me "May I have this dance before we die?"

      D
I won't go down
      Em
I won't go down
      D Dsus2
I won't go do..own
     Em
Without a fight