Down On Our Own Shield / Jakob Dylan
Album: Country + Women (2010)
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Intro: F (133211@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)      (x2)

FIt's (133211@1)a struggle, it's a shame
                   DmIt's (xx0231@1)all give and no take
              C (x32010@1)                       Bb5Whatever, (x133xx@1)it is now, it's right up to our waist
                    F (133211@1)                      DmIt's (xx0231@1)a pity, it's a shame to see it all slip away
                 C (x32010@1)                       Bb5I've (x133xx@1)seen you worried babe, but never this way
            F (133211@1)              CWe (x32010@1)hold our ground, we don't kneel
      Dm  Dm(maj7)  Bbmaj7
If we go            down we go
Bb5 (x133xx@1)           FDown (133211@1)on our own shield
                FIt's (133211@1)a river of tears
                    DmAnd (xx0231@1)we're in over our ears
               C (x32010@1)                Bb5In (x133xx@1)the dark it rides off with our better years
                FIt's (133211@1)a bottomless well
            DmIt's (xx0231@1)a little overkill
                 CIt's (x32010@1)the end of a dragon's tail
               Bb5That's (x133xx@1)whipping round our heels
            F (133211@1)             CBut (x32010@1)we don't bow, we make no deals
      Dm  Dm(maj7)  Bbmaj7
If we go            down we go
Bb5 (x133xx@1)           FDown (133211@1)on our own shield
Dm (xx0231@1)                        F (133211@1)  In this corner ladies and gentlemen
         C (x32010@1)                       G7Weighing (320001@1)in, all along my love for her is strong
Bb5 (x133xx@1)                F (133211@1)                 Bb5 (x133xx@1)  We scaled pillars to here tonight
                           CIt's (x32010@1)not the kind of trick you get to pull twice
               FIt's (133211@1)an ambush girl
               DmA (xx0231@1)cold-blooded low down dirty world
         CSee (x32010@1)them yellow lanters walk
           Bb5A (x133xx@1)circle around our bit of earth
                    FIt's (133211@1)a turn for the worse
                    DmIt's (xx0231@1)off with their heads if they don't learn
           CWe (x32010@1)do this over their dead bodies
             Bb5Before (x133xx@1)it's over mine or yours
         F (133211@1)          CWe (x32010@1)don't beg for mercy dear
      Dm  Dm(maj7) Bbmaj7
If we go           down we go
Bb5 (x133xx@1)           FDown (133211@1)on our own shield
Dm   Dm(maj7) Bbmaj7
Down  we      go
Bb5Down (x133xx@1)on our own shield
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I am a songwriter (or at least like to call myself one) and this is one of the most
heart breakingly poignant songs I have heard in a long time.

Note - the Dm(maj7)-Bmaj7 run during the chorus is just my attempt to include the bass
line run in an acoustic accompaniment. When researching the names for these chords the
chord that I have labeled as Dm(maj7) was also marked as D m7 (which didn't jive with my 
understanding of theory and chord building) and as an F6 (which it is, just inverted).