Down in Her Arms

By Robbie Fulks 7/27/2011 Intro: F#m D D A E A Down in her arms on a three-day drunk E D A E When the world was lawless and wild A E F#m With the last drop gone, and the lust all shrunk C#m D E I clung to her chest like a child D/F# E/G# D/F# A Too weak to hold on to the little I had D E D E Too ensnared to walk off unharmed D/F# E/G# D/F# A But to curl up and die didn't look all that bad Bm E A Down in her arms Down in her arms, East Houston at dawn Played under her breath in my ear The pretty blue howl of a Joan Jett song We were all poor and angry that year A city in flames, and the hounds at the wall Valhalla seemed not very far Just one small step, and a bottomless fall Down in her arms Bridge: D E Staring back at the path my passion led down E A G Baby touch me now Down in her arms, I looked up and caught A glimpse of a magical love But in a flash, it was just another false god Struck down and dragged through the mud In the faraway dark, he lay by my wife His hands slowly working their charm While I shut my eyes and held on for life Down in her arms