Chords for Ellis Paul -- The World Ain't Slowin' Down

[Ebm] I'm willing to slow it down.
[G] If you know it, please sing it with me.
It's going to be done that way.
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[Gm] This [B] song was written about [A] the demise of [G] my first hand.
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It was one of those songs that I [Am] wanted to, you know,
it was the [G] first song that I wrote about it that I wanted to be positive about.
_ [Eb] Be happy, [Abm] don't [Bb] worry, be happy. _ _
_ Now over the years I got [N] a lot of phone calls about this song,
especially from Nashville.
A lot of people [Eb] thought it was a big hit [Ab] country song.
[G] All these country people have tried to do it.
[Gm] It's like riding a roller coaster,
because if you have a country song [B] on charge, you make a lot of money.
It kind of means like my kids in college.
_ [G] [Bb] And I heard one of the recordings of somebody doing it,
it sounded kind of like an old song.
[Gm] It has a little bit of [F] a swing to it, but it's not quite a radio hit.
_ [Gm] And this guy Jack Ingram was supposed to be doing it,
putting it [F] out on his record, it's out right now.
And [Eb] he went all the way [F] up to about a month before [Bb] the record,
and then he dropped the record.
[F] That's it.
_ _ [Bb] And then Tim McGraw picked it up and put it on hold,
so we'll [F] see what happens there now. It's working!
[Bb] Kill it.
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_ [Bb] You gotta get going, [F] you gotta get going
[Eb] Every morning, [Bb] Sunday morning, now, you know why
[Ab] It's a carnival, call it all you [Eb] should do, yeah
[F] [Bb] Sound that song, [F] it hits you like scripture
You [Eb] paint the picture [F] with the colors
The streets [Bb] running high and the power to the cab
[F] It's kind of a merry [Eb]-go-round
And [F] the world [Bb] ain't slow at [Gm] all
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Out on [Bb] the sidewalk, [Gm] pigeons do [F] the moonwalk
Me, I'm dancing like [F] Fraterstair
[Bb] Out on the lamppost, a lock in the hotel
I'm talking [F] like a fool in a bar [Bb] in a chair
And I get that sensation, joy and frustration
[F] Like being caught by a drop [Dm] of [Bb] chlorine
Zingy, no condom, and [Gm] there's no [Bb] place
How un [F]-touch it feels, just [Eb] like [F] gold
[Bb] You gotta get going, you [F] gotta get going
[Eb] Every morning, Sunday [F] morning, now, you [Bb] know why
It's a [F] carnival, call it [Eb] all, it's [F] calling out for you
[Bb] Sound that song, it [F] hits you like scripture
[Eb] You paint the picture [F] with the colors
[Bb] The streets running high and the power to the cab
[F] It's kind of a merry [Eb]-go [F]-round
And the world [Bb] ain't slow at all
And the [Bb] rain, it keeps on spinning and [F] spinning
[Bb] Act _ _ _ _ _ up all your head and face
Throwing off the sand and rain
[Eb] I'll let [F] go when you set free
I [Bb] didn't want to lose you, you said [F] it didn't shoot you
It's just how you [Bb] call a machine
My legs are a-thumping, I'm a twatting, sweaty [F] whisper
And it hit me like [Bb] a song, but it's a [F] pain
[Eb] And the world ain't [Bb] slowing [F] down, [Bb] you know why
It's [F] a carnival, call it [Bb] all, [Eb] it's [F] calling out for you
[Bb] Sound that song, [F] it hits you like scripture
You [Eb] paint the picture [F] with the colors
The streets [Bb] running high and the power to the cab
[F] It's kind [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] [Bb] of a merry [Eb]-go-round
And [F] the world ain't [Bb] slowing down
[Gm] _ [F] And the world ain't slowing down Hey, hey
[Eb] The [Bb] world ain't slowing down
[Gm] It's a big [F] blue world
[Eb] _ [F] [Bb] It's _ [Gm] a [F] big blue [Eb] world
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