Bow Dow Chords

KeyCm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays539

Bow Dow by Housemartins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, F, Dm, Eb and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Cm
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16
Speed
  			Cm       F        Dm                  Eb
Mother, Father, I think that I would rather
 Cm                F              Dm Eb
Stay at home with you for another year
       Cm           F           Dm               Eb
That building's so tall and it makes me feel so small
        Cm                  F    Dm     Eb
That I might get lost and simply disappear.

      Cm                     F
Evil smiles won't change my mind,
               Gm
I'm worried an I'm not the worrying kind.
           Cm                F
Why's that man rubbung his hands
           Gm                    F
Looking at me writing down his plans?

 Cm           F      Dm       Eb
Today I have been moulding plasticine
       Cm                     F             Dm Eb
And I made a little man who looked just like me
     Cm            F            Dm                        Eb
His limbs were so weak and he couldn't move his mouth to speak
             Cm                 F                 Dm Eb
And I could bend him into any shape I wanted him to be.

      Cm                     F
Evil smiles won't change my mind,
               Gm
I'm worried an I'm not the worrying kind.
           Cm                F
Why's that man rubbung his hands
           Gm                    F
Looking at me writing down his plans?

Cm                    F
Those kids with the blazers on,
Gm
They went in with names on their elbows.
Cm               F
Came home with medals on.
Gm                                    F
Spit it out that's the way the story goes

Cm         F
A flying start from the briefcase crew.

Cm        F     Gm
Oh, you didn't have to teach me like you did
Cm      F  Gm
But you did.
Cm      F  Gm
But you did...
Cm      F  Gm
You did.
Cm      F  Gm
You did...
    	

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100 BPM Andante