Slow Down Easy chords

John Moreland

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Simplify 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