Run Straight Down chords by Warren Zevon

Chords with lyrics

Chant (repeated under lyrics):

 E minorEm
4- Aminobiphenyl, hexachlorobenzene

C majorC
Dimethyl sulfate, chloromethyl methylether

A minorAm
2, 3, 7, 8- Tetrachlorodibenzo-

E minorEm
Para-dioxin, carbon disulfide

E minorEm
Dibromochloropane, cholorinated benzenes (Verse starts here)

C majorC
2- Nitropropane, pentrochlorophenol

A minorAm
Benzotricholoride, strontium chromate

E minorEm
1, 2- Dibromo-3-chloropropane

Verse 1:

E minorEm
I went walking in the wasted city

C majorC
Started thinking about entropy

A minorAm
Smelled the wind from the ruined river

E minorEm
Went home to watch TV


Pre-Chorus:

E minorEm
And it's worse when I try to remember

C majorC
When I think about then and now

A minorAm
I'd rather see it on the news at eleven

E minorEm
Sit back, and watch it run straight down

Chorus:

E minorEm
Run straight down

       C majorC
Run straight down

           A minorAm
I can see it with my eyes closed

       E minorEm
Run straight down


E minorEm
Run straight down

       C majorC
Run straight down

           A minorAm
I can see it with my eyes closed

       E minorEm
Run straight down


Bridge:

E minorEm     A minorAm              E minorEm
We've been living in the shadows all our lives

      A minorAm
Where it's stand in line and don't look back

     E minorEm               A minorAm
And don't look left and don't look right

            E minorEm          D MajorD
So we hide our eyes and wonder who'll survive

        BB
Waiting for the night...


Guitar solo:
E minorEm C majorC A minorAm E minorEm

Verse 2:

E minorEm
Fluorocarbons in the ozone layer

C majorC
First the water and the wildlife go

A minorAm
Pretty soon there's not a creature stirring

E minorEm
'Cept the robots at the dynamo


Pre-Chorus:

E minorEm
And it's worse when I try to remember

C majorC
When I think about then and now

A minorAm
I'd rather see it on the news at eleven

E minorEm
Sit back, and watch it run straight down

Chorus:

E minorEm
Run straight down

       C majorC
Run straight down

           A minorAm
I can see it with my eyes closed

       E minorEm
Run straight down


E minorEm
Run straight down

       C majorC
Run straight down

           A minorAm
I can see it with my eyes closed

       E minorEm
Run straight down

repeat to fade-out: