Tom: A
C#m A C#m
[Verse 1]
C#m A D
John Fisher Ford died.
E
Held a flame over his base pipe,
A
tried to smoke some crack - and it killed him.
[Verse 2]
A D
Susan Anna Randall
E
held a spoon over her candle,
A D
tried injecting heroin - and it killed her.
[Chorus]
D E D
And the children got down, down, down, down,
E D
and the animals got down, down, down, down,
E A
as the world got high - and died.
[Verse 3]
A D
William Stickly Scott tried
E
his hand in chemistry,
A D
made some LSD - and it killed him.
[Chorus]
D E D
And the children got down, down, down, down,
E D
and the animals got down, down, down, down,
E A
as the world got high - and died.
[Bridge]
A D
What's the chance of it coming down?
E A
I gauge the odds at a billion to one.
[Verse 4]
A D
Tommy in his tie-dye,
E
thinking he could fly,
A D
tried some PCP - I think it killed him
[Chorus]
D E D
And the children got down, down, down, down,
E D
and the animals got down, down, down, down,
E A
as the world got high - and died.
