Slow Down
Written by Dan Peek, ©1977

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(drums)

Em9  A7  Em9  A7  Em9  A7
(guitar intro)

(drums)

Em9                             A7
    I hear you knockin' but you can't come in
Em9                                  A7
    You wear your stockings like you think it's a sin
Em9                                A7
    Don't try to tell me you ain't been where you been
       G                               B7
'Cause I know that you've been messin' round with him

        Em9
So slow down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
        Em9
Come on down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
   Em9
Oh down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
  C7      B7       Em7
Before it gets too late
  C7      B7       Em7
Before it gets too late

Em9                          A7
    I met you dancin' at the high school gym
Em9                               A7
    You rubbed against me my head started to spin
Em9                             A7
    You turned around gave me a wink and a grin
    G                           B7
And then you told me that you'd like to be friends

           Em9
Don't slow down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
           Em9
Don't slow down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
           Em9
Don't slow down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
           Em9
Don't slow down
  C7      B7       Em7
Before it gets too late
  C7      B7       Em7
Before it gets too late

Take it!

Em  G  A7    Em  G  A7

Em9                     A7
    (Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
   Em9
On down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
   Em9
On down
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
             Em9
Don't try to tell me
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
             Em9
You'll never sell me
                     A7
(Bop shoo wop, you'd better slow down)
  C7      B7       Em7
Before it gets too late
         C7      B7       Em7
I said before it gets too late
           C7      B7       Em7
You know before it gets too late

Oh, hey

Em9  A7  Em9  A7
(repeat and fade)

Last Revised: 25 February 1998