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.