Chords: G G5/F D D/F# A
3 3 2 2 0
3 3 3 3 2
0 0 2 2 2
0 3 0 0 2
2 x x x 0
3 x x 2 0
[Intro]
A G D
D A
D A
G D
G G5/F D
[Verse]
D A
Had a girl and I swore to be true
D A
Long red curls and eyes of blue
G D
But she had a little temper so what did I do
G G5/F D
Had to let her down slow
[Chorus]
D A
Got to let her down slow, my friend
D A
Because she's the kind of woman who'll shoot you dead
D D/F# G
Her heart ain't never gonna listen to her head
G G5/F D
You gotta let down slow
[Interlude]
[Verse]
D A
Met a girl, the small town type
D A
And she made me feel wrong, and she made me feel right
G D
And I tried to disappear before the morning light
G G5/F D
She just wouldn't let me go
D A
She told me she liked the way that I sang
D A
And wanted something more than a one night fling
G D
And I tried like hell to make the church bells ring
G G5/F D
It's time to let her down slow
[Chorus]
[Interlude - Verse chords]
[Verse]
D A
So I tried to tell her that I had someone
D A
As I laced my boots and prepared to run
G D
When from under her vest she pulled a loaded shotgun
G G5/F D
{And she} was aiming down low
[Chorus]
[Verse]
D A
You gotta let her down soft and slow
D A
Cause she's a redneck hair-trigger, this I know
G D
Her daddy and her brothers are the local po-po
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow
G G5/F D
Gotta let her down, let her down, let her down slow (Repeat)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (Gotta let her down)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (Let her down slow)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (Gotta tell her no means no)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (Naw, don't treat her bad)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (Might be the best time she's ever had)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (No, don't treat her wrong)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (Come on, and you'll be long gone)
G G5/F D
You gotta let her down slow (Gotta let her down slow)
G G5/F D
[Chorus]
G G5/F D
Gotta let her down slow
G G5/F D
Gotta let her down slow
