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Going Down
Don't Be Scared (1982)

 

I think of all the times
I felt so low
When I got to feeling better
I got naive
and thought that it would stay

Going down
Going down again

Feeling small, very small
All, all the time
Been feeling like this
Since junior high
When will it all stop

Going down
Going down again

Think that I once had it all [-a-ha-hall ]
There's a man inside me
I'm gonna destroy
And he will be no more
He'll be dead and I'll be free
I'll unlock that door

Going down
Going down again

Thanks to Peter Holy corrections 5/2003

Going Down - chords

 

I found that drop-D tuning works really well for this song (tune the sixth string down to D).  It allows you to get a fuller sound during the chorus. 

 

Chords used in this arrangement (in drop-D tab).  “X” indicates a muted (blocked out) string.

 

A           X-0-2-2-2-0

F#5        4-4-4-X-X-X

E            2-2-2-1-0-0

Eb5         1-1-1-X-X-X

D            0-0-0-2-3-2

D/C#       X-4-X-2-3-2

D/C         X-3-X-2-3-2

D/B         X-2-X-2-3-2   you can also substitute Bm7  X-2-4-2-3-2

Bb           X-1-3-3-3-1

Eb6         X-6-5-5-4-X

D7           0-0-0-2-1-2

 

 

Going Down

 

(Verse)

A  F#5    E            A  F#5   E          Eb5   D        E          A             A   F#5

4   +    | 1   2   3   4  +   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1    2   3   4   +  |

 

 

   E            A  F#5  E           Eb5   D       E          A             

| 1   2   3   4  +   | 1   2   3   4   | 1   2   3   4   | 1    2   3   4    |

 

I think of all the times

I felt so low

When I got to feeling better

I got naive

and thought that it would stay

 

 

(Chorus)

F#5   D        F#5  D        F#5  D                A                   to verse

4   |  1  2  3  4  |  1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |  1  2  3  4 |  1  2  3  4 |

 

Going down

Going down

Going down again

 

(verse chords)

 

Feeling small, very small

All, all the time

Been feeling like this

Since junior high

When will it all stop

 

 

(Chorus chords)

 

Going down

Going down

Going down again

 

(Bridge)

 

   D    D/C#   D/C    D/B    Bb               Eb6             

|  1  2  3  4  |  1  2  3  4  | 1  2  3  4  |  1   2   3   4 |  1  2  3  4 | 

 

D7

|1  2  3  4 |

 

Think that I once had it all [-a-ha-hall ]

 

(verse chords)

 

There's a man inside me

I'm gonna destroy

And he will be no more

He'll be dead and I'll be free

I'll unlock that door

 

(chorus chords)

 

Going down

Going down

Going down again