Down Is The New Up Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays658

Down Is The New Up by Radiohead is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, A, B, D, C#, F#, Am, Gm, Cm, D#m, Dm, Esus2 and Emsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Em 
Get yourself together 
G   A    B            D  B 
Let the light pour in 
Em                        G    A   B           D  B 
Pour yourself a hot bath, pour yourself a drink 
Em                     G     A   B       D   B 
Nothing's gonna happen without a warning 
A       C#  A   G   F# 
Down is the new up 
A           C#  A  G  F# 
What is up, buttercup 
Am      Gm  Am  Cm     Am  Cm  D#m    Dm 
Down is the new up, is the new up 

Em   Esus2  (2x) 

     Em   Esus2           Em  Emsus2 
Your services           are not required 
     Em       Esus2          Em        Emsus2 
Your future's bleak,      you're so last week 

Em                    G   A     B          D  B 
Ladies and gentlemen, without a safety net 
Em                    G A B         D  B 
I shall now perform a 180 flip-flop 
Em                    G  A    B            D  B 
I shall now amputate, I shall now contort 
        A       C#  A   G   F# 
Because down is the new up 
A              C#  A   G    F# 
What if I just flip-flopped? 
Am      Gm  Am  Cm 
Down is the new up 
Am      Gm  Am  Cm 
Down is the new up 
Am      Gm  Am  Cm     Am  Cm  D#m    Dm 
Down is the new up, is the new up 

Em   Esus2  (2x) 

Em                 Esus2 
You're on Candid Camera 
Em                 Esus2 
The chink in your armor 
Em          Esus2      Em          Esus2 
Topsy turvy town,        topsy turvy town 
Em                 Esus2 
Shake your pockets out 
Em                  Esus2 
Pass it on, pass it down 
Em          Esus2   Em          Esus2 
Topsy turvy town,       topsy turvy town 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante