Down On Our Own Shield
Jakob DylanVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
It's a struggle, it's a shame
It's all give and no take
Whatever, it is now, it's right up to our waist
It's a pity, it's a shame to see it all slip away
I've seen you worried babe, but never this way
We hold our ground, we don't kneel
If we go down we go
Down on our own shield
It's a river of tears
And we're in over our ears
In the dark it rides off with our better years
It's a bottomless well
It's a little overkill
It's the end of a dragon's tail
That's whipping round our heels
But we don't bow, we make no deals
If we go down we go
Down on our own shield
In this corner ladies and gentlemen
Weighing in, all along my love for her is strong
We scaled pillars to here tonight
It's not the kind of trick you get to pull twice
It's an ambush girl
A cold-blooded low down dirty world
See them yellow lanters walk
A circle around our bit of earth
It's a turn for the worse
It's off with their heads if they don't learn
We do this over their dead bodies
Before it's over mine or yours
We don't beg for mercy dear
If we go down we go
Down on our own shield
Down we go
Down 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).
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Readable chord sheet for Down On Our Own Shield by Jakob Dylan
[F] [Dm] It's a struggle, it's a [F]shame It's all give and n[Dm]o take Whatever, it i[C]s now, it's right up to ou[Bb5]r waist It's a pity, it's a [F]shame to see it all slip [Dm]away I've seen you wor[C]ried babe, but never this [Bb5]way We hold our [F]ground, we don't [C]kneel If we [Dm]go [Dm] [Bbmaj7]down we go [Bb5]Down on our own [F]shield It's a river of [F]tears And we're in over ou[Dm]r ears In the dark it [C]rides off with our [Bb5]better years It's a bottomles[F]s well It's a littl[Dm]e overkill It's the end of a[C] dragon's tail That's whipping[Bb5] round our heels But we don't[F] bow, we make no[C] deals If we [Dm]go [Dm] [Bbmaj7]down we go [Bb5]Down on our own [F]shield [Dm] In this corner ladies and[F] gentlemen Weighing [C]in, all along my love for [G7]her is strong [Bb5] We scaled pillars [F]to here tonight [Bb5] It's not the kind of trick [C]you get to pull twice It's an ambush [F]girl A cold-blooded [Dm]low down dirty world See them [C]yellow lanters walk A circle ar[Bb5]ound our bit of earth It's a turn for the [F]worse It's off with their [Dm]heads if they don't learn We do this [C]over their dead bodies Before it's o[Bb5]ver mine or yours We don't [F]beg for mercy[C] dear If we [Dm]go [Dm] [Bbmaj7]down we go [Bb5]Down on our own [F]shield [Dm]Down [Dm] we [Bbmaj7]go [Bb5]Down 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).