F5
The tighter you wind it up
The harder it's gonna hit you and
The faster that you run is how much quicker it will catch you

G5
You can't escape from yourself
(Repeat)

F5
You pushed it until it snapped
But now I wouldn't turn your back cause
When you least expect it's gonna
Grab you by the neck kid and...

G5
Now that you've made a mess
Now that you've made a mess


     F5      C5
Slingshot
     F5
Slingshot
                    C5
The sum of all your actions
     F5             C5
Slingshot? get ya
         F5
And it's coming back round
           Bb5                F5 G5 Ab5
Yes, it's coming back round? Hey!


F5  G5 Ab5 G5 Ab5 G5 G5  
G5  Ab5  x3


F5
Simmer down your temper now
Don't inflame your problem
With each step that you're making
Sends you in the wrong direction

G5
Holding on to everything
(Repeat)

F5
Love is given, taken away
Never take more than you give I say
Life has a way of telling us
When your causing a mess or fuss and


G5
I can hear it coming closer
(Repeat)


     F5      C5
Slingshot
     F5
Slingshot
                    C5
The sum of all your actions
     F5             C5
Slingshot? get ya
         F5
And it's coming back round
           Bb5                F5 G5 Ab5
Yes, it's coming back round? Hey!



[Solo] F5  G5 Ab5 G5 Ab5 G5 
G5  G5  Ab5  x3


         C5    C5   Bb5             Ab5
What you give, it's coming back to you
(Repeat x3)


F5    G5
Oh


I can hear it coming closer
(Repeat)

     F5      C5
Slingshot
     F5
Slingshot
                    C5
The sum of all your actions
     F5             C5
Slingshot? get ya
         F5
And it's coming back round
           Bb5                F5 G5 Ab5
Yes, it's coming back round? Hey!



F5           G5           C5