When The Smoke Is Going Down Chords
by Scorpions
When The Smoke Is Going Down by Scorpions is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, Bb, C, A and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Riff 1 (Opening):
-----1--------3--1--0-----|-----1-----------0--------|--
--------3--------------3--|--------3-----------3-----|--
-----------2--------------|-----------2-----------2--|--
--0-----------------------|--------------------------|--
--------------------------|--1-----------3-----------|--
--------------------------|--------------------------|--
Riff 2:
----1--------1--------0---|-----0--------0--------0--|--
-------3--------3---------|--------1--------1--------|--
----------2--------2------|-----------0--------0-----|--
-0------------------------|--------------------------|--
--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--
--------------------------|--------------------------|--
During the verses, alternate between Riff 2 and Riff 1.
Intro. (Dm Bb C Dm)4x
C Dm Bb C Dm
Just when you make your way back home
C Dm Bb C Dm
I find some time to be alone
C Dm Bb C Dm
I'll go to see the place once more
C Dm Bb C A
Just like a thousand nights before
Dm
I climb the stage again this night
Eb Dm
Cause the place seems still alive
C Dm
When the smoke is going down
(Bb C Dm)4x
C Dm Bb C Dm
This is the place where I belong
C Dm Bb C Dm
I realy love to turn you on
C Dm Bb C Dm
I've got your sound still in my ears
C Dm Bb C A
While your traces disappear
Dm
I climb the stage again this night
Eb Dm
Cause the place seems still alive
C Dm
When the smoke is goin down
(Bb C Dm)3x Bb C A
Dm
I climbe the stage again this night
Eb Dm
Cause the place seems still alive
C Dm Bb C Dm
When the smoke is going down
C Dm Bb C Dm
When the smoke is going down
Bb C Dm
When the smoke is goimg down