Slowing Down Chords

KeyD Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays463

Slowing Down by Travis Tritt is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, C, G/B, A, Bm, G, F#m and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Intro D (x4) bars 

D                   C            D 
Here comes your tattoos slowly fading 
     C             G/B           A 
The breaks upon your heart are leaving scars 
     D               C          D 
The battles for your freedom you’ve been winning 
     C               A           D 
They bought you time but they’re costing you the war 

Bm            G            D 
Slowing down, it don’t come easy 
F#m          G                         D 
When running hard beens flowing through your blood 
             G                                D 
You said goodbye so many times, it’s lost its meaning 
    Bm            A                  G 
And memories are all that’s left to love 
       Em               G      A 
Oh, believe me, slowing down  
               D 
It don’t come easy  

     D              C            D   
The wasted years of love in motel rooms 
      C              G/B           A 
Your boots under another strangers bed 
D              C              D 
Waking in the morning way too soon 
      C                  G/B        D 
Yeah, leaving you's as lonely as it gets 

      Bm        G           D 
Slowing down, it don’t come easy 
   F#m                  G               D 
When running hard beens flowing through your blood 
              G                              D 
You said goodbye so many times, it’s lost its meaning 
    Bm           A                   G 
And memories are all that’s left to love 
        Em              G      A 
Oh, believe me, slowing down  
               D 
It don’t come easy  

Bridge 
                Bm                 G                D 
You just can’t stop the clock from turning back the time 
     Bm                A               G 
But for her heart and soul, it’s worth trying  

      Bm      G           D 
Slowing down, it don’t come easy 
   F#m                  G               D 
When running hard beens flowing through your blood 
              G                              D 
You said goodbye so many times, it’s lost its meaning 
    Bm           A                   G 
And memories are all that’s left to love 
        Em              G      A 
Oh, believe me, slowing down  
               D 
It don’t come easy  

       Em               G 
Oh, believe me, slowing down 
       Em               G       A 
Oh, believe me, slowing Down  
              D 
It don’t come easy 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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