Artist: Slaid Cleaves | Song: Not Going Down

Artist/Band: Cleaves Slaid Tabs
Song: Not Going Down Tab

Slaid Cleaves     Not Going Down  written  by Slaid Cleaves
                                              Rod Picott

G                 D
We were born in a dying town
C                     G
Where deperate souls just hang around
G             D            C
Waiting for a reason to believe
G                         D               
The young get old and the old they stay
C                    G
And slowly they just fade away
        D                   C                    G
But I'm going not down that way no I'm not going down
D                         C            G
Cause I've been the loser desperate to win
D                         C               G
And I've tasted snake oil and I've tasted sin
G                         D               C             G     
I've stumbled through the darkness on the outskirts of town
        D                   C                     G
But I'm going not down that way no I'm not going down
G                       D
I met a waitress out on 95
C                        G
She lived her life like throwing dice
G                 D                C
Her habit finally took the best of her
G               D
She drew me  in day by day
C                        G            
Yea love's a drug that's what they say
        D                   C                    G 
But I'm going not down that way no I'm not going down
D                         C            G
Cause I've been the loser desperate to win
G                   
And I've tasted snake oil and sin
G                         D               C            G
I've stumbled through the darkness on the outskirts of town
        D                   C                    G
But I'm going not down that way no I'm not going down
       D   C    G   D
Let it go
       D   C    G  
Let it go
G                     D
You flash that shiny golden smile
C                    G
You say it'll be all right in a while
G            D                  C
But I'm not about to shake your hand
G                      D
Yes I've made promises I couldn't keep
C                         G
And I've lost a couple of nights of sleep
        D                   C                    G
But I'm going not down that way no I'm not going down
        D                   C                    G
But I'm going not down that way no I'm not going down
D                         C            G 
Cause I've been the loser desperate to win
D                         C               G
And I've tasted snake oil and I've tasted sin
G                         D               C             G     
I've stumbled through the darkness on the outskirts of town
        D              C                           G
But I'm going not down that way no I'm not going down
       D   C    G   D
Let it go
       D   C    G  
Let it go
       D   C    G   D
Let it go
       D   C    G  
Let it go
G                         D               C             G     
I've stumbled through the darkness on the outskirts of town



From Slaid Cleave "No Angel Knows"
Philo Records 1997
Happy Valley Music/Welding Rod Music(BMI)


Gurf Morlix       guitar/bass/steel guitar
Donald Lindley    drums
Karen Poston      background vocals