Shawn Colvin  Shotgun Down The Avalanche by Shawn Colvin
                                            John Leventhal 

Shawn Colvin     vocal/acoustic guitar
John Leventhal   guitar/mandolin/keyboards/bass/vocals
Stephen Gaboury  drum programming


Dm                          G   C/G   G   C/G  Dm
I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche  
Dm                            G    C/G  G  C/G  Dm
Tumbling and falling down the avalanche  
      Bb    C           F     F/E   G
So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright
        Bb          C          G Gsus  G
On this mountain of new fallen snow
           Bb          C     F    F/E  G
But I will raise up my voice into the  void
Bb               Am         Dm  G   C/G  G 
You have left me nowhere to go
Dm                          G     C/G    
I love you so much and it's so bizzare
G                   C/G    G      Dm
A mystery that goes on and on and on
Dm                           G         C/G  
It is the best thing and the very most hard
    G        C/G G    Dm
And we don't     get  along
      Bb        C                F        F/E G 
After countless appeals, we keep spinning our wheels
        Bb          C           G Gsus  G 
On this mountain of new fallen snow
     Bb         C               F    F/E G
So I let go the catch and we're over the edge
Bb               Am         Dm
You have left me nowhere to go
Dm                             G    C/G  G 
I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche

SOLO

Dm                             G       C/G
Sometimes you make me loose my will to live
    G             C/G             Dm
And just become a beacon for your soul
Dm                           G       C/G
The past is stronger than my will to forgive 
   G           C/G             Dm
Forgive you or myself, I don't know
Dm                           G    C/G   Dm  
I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche  
Dm                            G    C/G  G  C/G  Dm
Tumblin' and fallin' down the avalanche 
      Bb    C           F     F/E   G
So be quiet tonight  be sure to step lightly
        Bb                     G  Gsus G
On this mountain of new fallen snow 
           Bb          C     F    F/E  G
But I will raise up my voice into the void
Bb               Am         Dm  
You have left me nowhere to go
                            G   C/G      G 
I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche  

From Shawn Colvin  "Steady On"
Columbia Records 1989
AGF Music/Red Songs Ltd/Lev-A-Tunes(ASCAP)


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