Down Low

[Verse 1]

D                                                G

When you see me out tonight tearing up the promenade

                                           D

People stop and step aside so I can move along

                                                         G

Is it just because they're friendly or the fact that I am gone

                                              D

Stepping over lines of the paths they travel on?





[Chorus]

               C         G

Living on the high side

                       D

Better keep it on the low down

                 C           G

Get to feeling just right

                           D

Think I’ll have to go and sit down





[Verse 2]



D                                                         G

Do you reckon that they notice? Do you think that they believe?

                                                   D

I've gotten into meanness on the dark end of the street

                                                          G

Do my eyes tell my condition? Does my breath show where I've been?

                                                   D

Am I talking any louder than the comp’ny that I'm in





[Chorus]

               C         G

Living on the high side

                       D

Better keep it on the low down

                C           G

Get to feeling just right

                           D

Think I’ll have to go and sit down





[Bridge]



A

Sweating like a preacher in the presence of the Lord

G

Shaking like a leaf in the middle of a storm

D                                  G

Jawin' my bone trying to make you see

A

I wouldn't much fret if my friends were all here

G

But there's people in the corner and they're starting to stare

D

Having a ball poking fun at me





[Chorus]

               C         G

Living on the high side

                       D

Better keep it on the low down

                C           G

Get to feeling just right

                           D

Think I’ll have to go and sit down

                          C         G

Straighten up and try to act right

                    D

Keep it on the lowdown