Long Way Down Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays640

Long Way Down by One Direction is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: C F C F 

                         C 
We've been in fire 
                              F 
Went down in the flames 
                        C 
We sailed the ocean 
                                  F 
And drowned in the waves 
                C 
Built a cathedral 
                         F 
But we never prayed 
                  C 
We had it all, yeah 
                           F 
And we walked away 


 
G 
Point of no return and now 
                                       F 
It's just too late to turn around 
G 
I try to forgive you 
                                                      F 
But I struggle cause I don't know how 
G 
We built it up so high and now I'm fallin' 
                           C      F 
It's a long way down  
                           C 
It's a long way down  
          F 
from here 

 

                        C 
We had a mountain 
                              F 
But took it for granted 
                   C 
We had a spaceship 
                          F 
But we couldn't land it 
                       C 
We found an island. 
                      F 
But we got stranded 
                 C 
We had it all 
                            F 
Who could've planned it? 

 

G 
Walkin', no returnin' now 
                                     F 
It's just too late to turn around 
G 
I try to forgive you 
                                                     F 
But I struggle cause I don't know how 
G 
We built it up so high and now I'm fallin' 
                           C 
It's a long way down  
F 
from here 
                                C     F 
Such a long way down 
                            C       F 
It's a long way down 
                            C      F 
It's a long way down 
                              C     F 
Such a long way down 
                            C      F 
It's a long way down 
                           C 
It's a long way down 

 
    	

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