Intro
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 k*lled him. 
 
Verse 2
A                    D 
Susan Anna Randall 
                      E 
held a spoon over her candle, 
                                A            D 
tried injecting heroin - and it k*lled 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 k*lled 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 k*lled 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.