G  F  C  C/B  C/A  G

G           F          C           G
Why did you come here, what do you need
G             F           C          D
Don't look at me like you want me to plead
G              F             C             G
My friends are dying to make rock and roll stand
G                F           C            G
While we've been living in a country rock band

[Chorus]
             F    C          G  
We've got to slow down, calm down
   F          C                    G
We got to get off of this merry-go-round

              F   C          G 
Where did you go, Marilyn Monroe
F                C                         G    
If you see James Dean, tell him I said hello
F          C              G
Janis sang here, Jimi did too
        G        F           C   C/B  C/A  G
They're saving a place there for me   and  you

              Em   C             D   G 
There's gonna be a rock and roll holiday
             C            D       G 
We've got to get there in time to play
            Em                C 
Tune up the fiddle, rosin the bow
         G                             C    C/B C/A  G  
We could be the only country band on a rock and roll show
             Em                 G
We've got to get up, no time to hit up
         C            G               D        G
There's another crowd waiting for the music to play

[Chorus]
F    C           G 
Slow down - come down
F            C               C/B     C/A  D 
Don't take a ride on death's merry - go - round