Slow Down Easy Chords
Slow Down Easy by John Moreland is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, Bm, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, I’ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don’t you know, honey it’s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won’t you be mine
Verse
Em Bm
We were born homesick, the plot was understood
Em G
We put away all the worry we could keep
Em Bm
Maybe I’m too burdened to tremble like I should
Em A
Maybe you’re too sick to go too deep
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, I’ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don’t you know, honey it’s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won’t you be mine
Verse
Em Bm
Dissatisfaction, the tired familiar taste
Em G
Coughing up bad blood in every rhyme
Em Bm
Come on young savior, don’t let your fever go to waste
Em A
You got neon arms for new age crimes
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, I’ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don’t you know, honey it’s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won’t you be mine
Solo: repeat the chords from the Chorus, there's some fingerpicking going on, best to listen to it yourself
as John Moreland likes to improvise as well during live sessions.
Verse
Em
Your heart’s on the table
Em
You do what you’re able
Em A
Don’t you suffer no pain over me
G Strum down and let it ring G
Slow down easy, I’ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
And don’t you know, honey it’s time
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Take my hand, won’t you be mine
Repeat
G D Bm D G
... I’ve been hauling a heavy soul
G D Bm
...
G D Bm D G
Slow down easy, so much trouble got a heavy toll
G D Bm
Outro - strum once each
G
D
Bm