Down Chords
by Dodie Clark
Down by Dodie Clark is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 7st fret. It uses the chords C, Caug, G, Am, G#aug, F5, Fm, F and C#maj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro C Caug C Caug
Verse
C
I woke up as heavy as lead,
G
An ocean of worry weighs me down in bed
Am
But there's things to do,
G#aug
There's a life to live,
F5 Fm C
Must ignore my stupid head.
C Caug C Caug
Verse
C
Friends float above in the wind,
G
Bright balloons pulling them up while they grin,
Am
But there's things to do,
G#aug
There's a life to live,
F5 Fm C
Must ignore the things I think.
C Caug C Caug
Bridge
C
It's like walking around with a stone for a heart,
Caug
People swimming in honey as your life falls apart,
Am
It's cold and it's dark,
And there's no way out
G#aug
I felt like you once,
I wish I could shout.
C
It's like walking around with a stone for a heart,
Caug
People swimming in honey as your life falls apart,
Am
It's cold and it's dark,
And there's no way out
G#aug
I felt like you once,
N.C.
I wish I could shout.
Verse
C
You never can undo the brain,
G#aug
Now it knows of the holes that will fall as it's drained,
Am G#aug
Cause there's things to do,
C
There's a life to live,
F
Watch them laugh,
C#maj7
While you stay in the rain.
C Caug C Caug C