Run Straight Down chords by Warren Zevon

Chant (repeated under lyrics):

 Em
4- Aminobiphenyl, hexachlorobenzene

C
Dimethyl sulfate, chloromethyl methylether

Am
2, 3, 7, 8- Tetrachlorodibenzo-

Em
Para-dioxin, carbon disulfide

Em
Dibromochloropane, cholorinated benzenes (Verse starts here)

C
2- Nitropropane, pentrochlorophenol

Am
Benzotricholoride, strontium chromate

Em
1, 2- Dibromo-3-chloropropane


Verse 1:

Em
I went walking in the wasted city

C
Started thinking about entropy

Am
Smelled the wind from the ruined river

Em
Went home to watch TV


Pre-Chorus:

Em
And it's worse when I try to remember

C
When I think about then and now

Am
I'd rather see it on the news at eleven

Em
Sit back, and watch it run straight down


Chorus:

Em
Run straight down

             C
Run straight down

                     Am
I can see it with my eyes closed

             Em
Run straight down


Em
Run straight down

             C
Run straight down

                     Am
I can see it with my eyes closed

             Em
Run straight down


Bridge:

Em         Am                            Em
We've been living in the shadows all our lives

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

          Em                             Am
And don't look left and don't look right

                        Em                    D
So we hide our eyes and wonder who'll survive

                B
Waiting for the night...


Guitar solo:
Em C Am Em

Verse 2:

Em
Fluorocarbons in the ozone layer

C
First the water and the wildlife go

Am
Pretty soon there's not a creature stirring

Em
'Cept the robots at the dynamo


Pre-Chorus:

Em
And it's worse when I try to remember

C
When I think about then and now

Am
I'd rather see it on the news at eleven

Em
Sit back, and watch it run straight down

Chorus:

Em
Run straight down

             C
Run straight down

                     Am
I can see it with my eyes closed

             Em
Run straight down


Em
Run straight down

             C
Run straight down

                     Am
I can see it with my eyes closed

             Em
Run straight down

repeat to fade-out: