Bow Down Chords by The Housemartins

[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
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_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] Mother, father, [Dm] think that I would [Eb] rather [Cm] stay at home [F] with you for another [Dm] [D] year.
[Eb] _ That building's [F] so tall, [Dm] and it makes me feel [Eb] so small, [Cm] that I might get [F] lost and simply [Dm] disappear.
_ [Eb] _ People smile, I [F] change my mind, I'm [Gm] white and I'm not the white kind.
[Cm] Why is that man [F] rubbing his hands, [Gm] looking at me right down the pipes?
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] Today I [F] have been [Dm] more than [Eb] plasticine, [Cm] and I met a little [F] man who looked [Dm] just like [Eb] me.
His limbs [F] were so weak, [Dm] and I couldn't move [Eb] his mouth to speak, and I could bend him into [F] any shape I [Dm] wanted him to be.
[Eb] _ People smile, [F] I change my mind, [Gm] I'm white and I'm not the white kind.
[Cm] Why is that man [F] rubbing his hands, [Gm] looking at me right down the pipes?
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] Those kids with the [Gm] blazers on, they went in with names on [Cm] their elbows.
[F] Came home with medals on, [Gm] spilling out, that's the way the story [Cm] [F] goes.
[Gm] A flying star, but the big case grew.
[Cm] I [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] [F] will [Gm] learn, I have to teach [Cm] him, [F] like you [Gm] did, about you then.
_ [Cm] You [F] did, and [Gm] I did not, like you [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ did, _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ [C] about [Cm] you _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ then.
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[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _
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[Gm] I did, and I did not, like you did, about you then. _ _ _ _ _ _