Going Down Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays460

Going Down by Daniel Johnston is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, D and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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16
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Intro 
E  A E 
D E A 
E  A E 
D E A 

verse 1 
             E 
To think of all, all the times 
D   E       A 
 I felt so low 
       E 
Every time I got feeling better 
   A   E 
I got naive 
D                E         A 
 And thought that it would stay 

A      D 
Going down 
A      D 
Going down 
A      D    A 
Going down again 

verse 2 
          E      A   E 
Feeling small, very small 
D     E       A 
All, all the time 
                  E 
Been feeling like this 
       A      E 
Since junior high 
D              E   A 
 When will it all stop 

A     D 
Going down 
A     D 
Going down 
A     D    A 
Going down again 

Bridge 
D             F#m      
 To think that I once had it all, all 

Solo 
E  A E 
D E A 
E  A E 
D E A 

Verse 
          E 
There's a man in me 
     A     E 
I'm gonna destroy 
    D      E     A 
And he will be no more 
          E         A      E 
He'll be dead and I'll be free 
D        E         A 
 I'll unlock that door 

Outro 
A      D 
Going down 
A      D 
Going down 
A      D     A 
Going down again 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante