Don't Bring Me Down Chords
by The Animals
Don't Bring Me Down by The Animals is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C7, C9, C7sus4, C5, Bb5, A5, F5, C, Bb, G7sus4, F7sus4, F7, G7, Bbsus4 and D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(C7) (C9)
v v v v v v v v
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---|-1-1-----1-1-----|-3-3-----3-3-----
---|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----
-5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-
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(C7) (C7sus4)
v v v v v v v v
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-5-5-----5-5-----|-6-6-----6---6---
-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3---3---
-------5-------5-|-------5---------
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{Bass Tacit 1st Repeat Of Intro}
Fuzz Guitar W/Tremolo:
C5 Bb5 A5 F5 C5
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/---------------|-/-------/---/---|-/-------|---------
Organ:
(C) (Bb) C Bb
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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Fuzz Guitar W/Tremolo:
C5 Bb5 A5 F5 C5
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/---------------|-/-------/---/---|-/-------|---------
Organ:
(C) (Bb) G7sus4 {/C 2nd time}
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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(No Guitar; Organ Chords Shown):
C7 F7sus4 F7
{1: Though} you complain and criticize
C7 F7sus4 F7
I feel I'm nothin' in your eyes
C7 F7sus4 F7
It makes me feel like giving up
C7 F7sus4 F7
Because my best just ain't good enough
G7sus4
Girl, I want to provide for you
G7
And do all the things that you want me to, but
Chorus: {Organ Chords Shown; Fuzz Guitar Plays C5, Bb5 (Tacit Last Chord)}
C Bbsus4 Bb C Bbsus4 Bb
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down {1: I'm beggin, you, darling}
{2: Oh no, no, no, no, no}
C Bbsus4 Bb {1: G7 2: 2-bar piano fill (C
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
Fuzz Guitar {First Four Lines}:
(C) (F7sus4) (F7)
v v v v v v v v
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-----------3---1-|-------0---------
(3)----------3---|-----------3---1-
(sacrifices...)
C7 F7sus4 F7
Sacrifices I will make
C7 F7sus4 F7
I'm ready to give as well as take
C7 F7sus4 F7
One thing I need is your respect
C7 F7sus4 F7
One thing I can't take is your neglect
G7sus4 {Guitar Plays D5 xx023x}
More than anything, I need your love
G7
Then troubles are easy to rise above
**Chorus
**Intro
**Verse 1 W/Fuzz Guitar As Per Verse 2
Coda:
C Bb C Bb
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
C Bb C Bb
I'm beggin' oh, no, don't bring me down, oh no no
C Bb C Bb
Baby, please, oh no, no, don't bring me down
C Bb C Bb
(please, baby, don't bring me down you know I need)
C Bb C Bb
I need your tender loving
C Bb C Bb
(Oh, woman, you can't do that to me)
C Bb C Bb
Oh, please, don't bring me down
C Bb C Bb
(Unintelligible)
C Bb C Bb
Oh, baby, baby, don't hurt me
C Bb C Bb
(Don't hurt me, don't hurt me please) (Fade)