Jakob Dylan - Down on our own shield

It's a struggle, it's a ^Fshame It's all give and n^Dmo take Whatever, it i^Cs now, it's right up to ou^Bb5r waist It's a pity, it's a ^Fshame to see it all slip ^Dmaway I've seen you wor^Cried babe, but never this ^Bb5way We hold our ^Fground, we don't ^Ckneel Dm Dm(maj7) Bbmaj7 If we go down we go ^Bb5Down on our own ^Fshield It's a river of ^Ftears And we're in over ou^Dmr ears In the dark it ^Crides off with our ^Bb5better years It's a bottomles^Fs well It's a littl^Dme 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 Dm Dm(maj7) Bbmaj7 If we go down we go ^Bb5Down on our own ^Fshield ^Dm In this corner ladies and^F gentlemen Weighing ^Cin, all along my love for ^G7her is strong ^Bb5 We scaled pillars ^Fto here tonight ^Bb5 It's not the kind of trick ^Cyou get to pull twice It's an ambush ^Fgirl A cold-blooded ^Dmlow down dirty world See them ^Cyellow lanters walk A circle ar^Bb5ound our bit of earth It's a turn for the ^Fworse It's off with their ^Dmheads if they don't learn We do this ^Cover their dead bodies Before it's o^Bb5ver mine or yours We don't ^Fbeg for mercy^C dear Dm Dm(maj7) Bbmaj7 If we go down we go ^Bb5Down on our own ^Fshield Dm Dm(maj7) Bbmaj7 Down we go ^Bb5Down 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.