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