SHOT DOWN IN FLAMES

[jaybuzz]

Hi, could i have the words and chords to "shot down in flames please" i have the recording but some of the words are not to clear.

many thanks .... John

[alistairhulett]

Hi Jaybuzz, sorry it took so long to get back to you. I'm over in OZ right now with only a laptop to work with. Not got the time or wherewithal to attend to business as I can do from home.

Send me an email address to [e-mail] and I'll post you the lyrics and chords. In the meantime I'll post a chart and some playing tips up here very soon.

Lyrics for all the songs from Riches And Rags and In Sleepy Scotland are all already on file and available on request, folks. Just do what JB's done and I'll send 'em over to you. Best to email me though for lyrics, though, and we'll keep this site free for playing enquiries and chord charts.

[e-mail] for all your lyric requests. Never a problem though I might take longer to get it together than previously.
Cheers,
Ally

[alistairhulett]

Hey again, Jaybuzz. I've just remembered that forum member Lina posted all lyrics from the RJ albums on the other forum thread, general enquiries, and Shot Down In Flames is included there. Well done Lina!!!! Go to forum jump and hit general button and let Lina do it right for you.
AH

[alisonhulett]

I've just noticed that there are words missing from the last verse of Shot Down In Flames on this website. Here are the full lyrics:

Beaten half senseless with the blunt edge
Of a dozen sleepless nights
An hour can seem endless
When you’re wondering who your lover’s with tonight
It was much too complicated
To be reduced to simple terms of black and white
So tangled up in jealous love
When I talk to you I can’t even be polite

Shot down in flames
Shot down
Wondering who to blame

I recall when I first met you
I was much too self-contained to get involved
I already had my hands full
With another situation unresolved
You said my kind of love was heartless
Without possessiveness there’s just no love
at all
And I took you at your word
And the feeling you belong to me evolved

Shot down in flames
Shot down
Wondering who to blame

No sooner had I pledged myself
Than you began to make your distance clear
The depth of your affection
Began to look kind of like a thin veneer
You made your move, I called your bluff
We sure knew how to create an atmosphere
We cut each other pretty deep
Though neither one would ever shed a tear

Shot down in flames
Shot down
Wondering who to blame

I was paying off your bodyguard
With borrowed time and then my right to choose
Handcuffed to your treadmill
With my head on fire and gravel in my shoes
Till I fell wired out and helpless
On your backdoor step with no strength to refuse
I heard you whisper to your houseboy
This kind of thing is nothing I can use

I took myself away from you
I heard it said you took it kind of bad
Me, I only felt relief
To get caught up like that
I must have been mad
Now you keep my picture in a frame
To remind you of a past we never had
Don’t send me no more letters please
The things you tell me only make me sad

Shot down in flames
Shot down
Wondering who to blame

[johnhamill]

Alistair played this song with his guitar tuned DADEAB.

[archivist]

Welcome aboard, Alison! Thank you for posting these lyrics.

Thanks too to John for the information on Alistair's guitar tunings, for this song and for so many others. Rank amateurs such as myself wouldn't have a chance of understanding Alistair's tunings without your help!

[gags]

Did anyone ever get hold of the chords for Shot Down In Flames. I love that song - its fantastic. I'd love to have a 'hack' at it - can you help with the chords please?

[johnhamill]

Aug 26, 2011 9:13:56 GMT 10 gags said:

Did anyone ever get hold of the chords for Shot Down In Flames. I love that song - its fantastic. I'd love to have a 'hack' at it - can you help with the chords please?

Alistair played this in a DADEAB guitar tuning. I will try and get the time to make a video showing how to play this song.