Been Down so Long Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays505

Been Down so Long by The Doors is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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16
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  			E    B A 

Well, I've been down so Goddamn long 
That it looks like up to me 
Well, I've been down so very damn long 
That it looks like up to me 
        B 
Yeah, why don't one you people 
A 
C'mon and set me free 

I said, warden, warden, warden 
Won't you break your lock and key 
I said, warden, warden, warden 
Won't you break your lock and key 
        B 
Yeah, come along here, mister 
A 
C'mon and let the poor boy be 

Baby, baby, baby 
Won't you get down on your knees 
Baby, baby, baby 
Won't you get down on your knees 
 B 
C'mon little darlin' 
 A 
C'mon and give your love to me,  
oh yeah 

Well, I've been down so Goddamn long 
That it looks like up to me 
Well, I've been down so very damn long 
That it looks like up to me 
         B 
Yeah, why don't one you people 
 A 
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon and set me free 
    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante