"Down So Long"
 words and music by Jewel Kilcher from Spirit
 tabbed by David Caveney (caveney@ix.netcom.com)

Intro and Verse tab:
   Am      G       F
e------5-------3-------1-------1-1-
B------5-------3-------1-------1-1-
G------5-------4-------2-------2-2-
D------7-------5-------3-------3-3-
A--7-7-----5-5-----3-3-----3-3-----
E--5-5-----3-3-----1-1-----1-1-----

Intro x 2

Verse 1:
Am  G              F
Sun sets cross the ocean
Am             G          F
I'm a thousand miles from anywhere
Am                   G                   F
My pocketbook and my heart both just got stolen
Am                        G          F
And that sun act like she don't even care

Am             G             F
The wind blows cold when you reach the top
Am                      G                    F
It feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of my shoe
        Am               G                           F
I got a plastic Jesus, a cordless telephone in every corner of my room
      Am   G            F
I got everybody but you telling me what to do

Chorus:
G          C       Am G F C/E
 I've been down so long
G       C              Am G F C/E
 Oh, it cant be longer still
G          C       Am G F C/E
 I've been down so long
         C        G          F   
That the end must be drawing near

Intro x2

Verse 2:
Am             G              F
I look to everybody but me to answer my prayers
             Am         G                         F
Til I saw an angel in a bathroom who said she saw no one worth saving anywhere
Am                     G                       F
And a blind man on the corner said its simple, like flipping a coin
Am                G                        F
Don't matter what side it lands on if it's someone else's dime

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3 / Bridge:
(no chords in recorded version but the verse rhythm can be played to keep time)
I take a trip, I catch a train, I catch a plain, I got a ticket in my hand
Then A fat man takes my money and like cattle we all stand

Final Chorus:
G           C       Am G F C/E
 We've been down so long
G       C              Am G F C/E
 Oh, it cant be longer still
G          C       Am G F C/E
 We've been down so long
         C         G             C        G
That the end must be, I know the end must be,
              C        G          F
Oh I know the end must be drawing near

Repeat Intro with vocal ad lib and fade.

Am : 577555 
G  : 355433 
F  : 133211
C  : 335553
C/E: 032010