Slow Down Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays354

Slow Down by Leslie Alexander is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Dsus2, D, Dsus4, Asus2, A, Asus4, G, D7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Instrumental 
Dsus2 D Dsus4 Asus2 A Asus4 G D 

verse 1 
                D    Dsus2 D 
Slow down, slow down 
D        Dsus4    D  Dsus2 D 
Take a good look around 
                              A Asus4 
this moment's all that you've got 
               A 
So take your eyes off the clock 
    D        Dsus2    D  Dsus2 D 
And slow down, slow down 


verse 2 
     D    Dsus2 Dsus4 D 
Slow down, slow down 
Dsus4   D 
Stop and listen to the sound 
         A 
There's a car passing by 

There's somebody asking why 
                         D    D7 
We should slow down slow down 



G                 G- 
The time that you take 
                          D 
Is just the time that you borrow 
G                   G- 
Why you wanna spend today 
                     A Asus4 A 
Chasing after tomorrow? 

verse 3 
                   D      Dsus2 D 
When you can slow down, slow down 
Dsus4                 D 
What you lost will be found 
                       A 
Like the laughter of a child 
                      A7 
So bittersweet and wild 
            D      Dsus2 Dsus4 D 
Saying slow down, slow down 

Instrumental solo  
D Dsus2 D Dsus4  D Dsus2 D A  Asus4 A D D7 


Chorus 2 

G                G- 
The past goes so fast 
                D 
Catching up to forever 
G                      G- 
If you want to make it last 
                   A  Asus4 A 
We got to be here together 


verse 4 
                       D     Dsus2 D 
So let's slow down, slow down 
Dsus4                  D     Dsus2 D 
What you lost will be found 
                      A Asus4 A 
This moment's all you got 
                          A A7 
So take your eyes off the clock 
                D 
Slow down, slow down 
            A ASus4 A 
You'll never stop 
  A 
The world from spinning round 
                  D  Dsus2 D 
So slow down, slow down 
              D Dsus2 D 
Slow down, slow down 
      D    Dsus4   D 
I said, slow down 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante