Down On Our Own Shield Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

F Dm

 It's a struggle, it's a Fshame

 It's all give and nDmo take

 Whatever, it iCs now, it's right up to ouA♯5r waist

 It's a pity, it's a Fshame to see it all slip Dmaway

 I've seen you worCried babe, but never this A♯5way

 We hold our Fground, we don't Ckneel

 If we Dmgo Dm A♯7Mdown we go

A♯5Down on our own Fshield

 It's a river of Ftears

 And we're in over ouDmr ears

 In the dark it Crides off with our A♯5better years

 It's a bottomlesFs well

 It's a littlDme overkill

 It's the end of aC dragon's tail

 That's whippingA♯5 round our heels

 But we don'tF bow, we make noC deals

 If we Dmgo Dm A♯7Mdown we go

A♯5Down on our own Fshield

Dm In this corner ladies andF gentlemen

 Weighing Cin, all along my love for G7her is strong

A♯5 We scaled pillars Fto here tonight A♯5

 It's not the kind of trick Cyou get to pull twice

 It's an ambush Fgirl

 A cold-blooded Dmlow down dirty world

 See them Cyellow lanters walk

 A circle arA♯5ound our bit of earth

 It's a turn for the Fworse

 It's off with their Dmheads if they don't learn

 We do this Cover their dead bodies

 Before it's oA♯5ver mine or yours

 We don't Fbeg for mercyC dear

 If we Dmgo Dm A♯7Mdown we go

A♯5Down on our own Fshield

DmDown Dm we A♯7Mgo

A♯5Down on our own shield

I am a songwriter (or at least like to call myself one) and this is one of the most

heart breakingly poignant songs I have heard in a long time.

Note - the Dm(maj7)-Bmaj7 run during the chorus is just my attempt to include the bass

line run in an acoustic accompaniment. When researching the names for these chords the

chord that I have labeled as Dm(maj7) was also marked as D m7 (which didn't jive with my

understanding of theory and chord building) and as an F6 (which it is, just inverted).