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Goin' Down easy guitar chords by
The Monkees
The Monkees

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Verse 1
D

Sock it to me

Floatin' down the river
G

with a saturated liver
D

And I wish I could forgive her, but I
G
D

do believe she meant it

When she told me to forget

it, and I bet she will regret it

When they find me in the morning
G
D

wet and drowned
G
Bb

And the word gets 'round
D

I'm goin' down
G
D

I'm goin' down
Verse 2
D

Comin' up for air,

it's pretty stuffy under there

I'd like to say I didn't care,
Bm

but I forgot to leave a note
D

And it's so hard to stay afloat,

I'm soakin' wet without a boat

And I knew I should've

taken off my shoes
G
Bb

It's front page news
D

Goin' down
Verse 3

Goin' down
D


Hey, hey

Hey, hey

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
G
Bb

Hey, hey, hey, hey
D

Verse 4
D

I wish I had another drink,

it wouldn't be so hard to sink

I should've taken time to think,

besides I got the picture straight

She must have had another date,

I didn't need this extra weight

I wish that I could see the way to shore
G
Bb

I don't want no more
D

Goin' down

I'm goin' down
Verse 5
D

And now I see the life I led,

I slept it all away in bed

I should've learned how to swim instead,

and now it's really got me stumped

I can't believe why I jumped,

I'd like to get my tummy pumped

I can't believe they drink

this stuff in town
G
Bb

This dirty brown
D

Goin' down

Goin' down

I'm goin' down
Bm
D

Goin' down, hey, hey
Bm

Goin' down
D

Goin' down
Bm

Goin' down

Goin' down
G
D

Goin' down
Bm

Goin' down
Verse 6
D

I wished I'd looked before I leaped
Bm

I didn't know it was so deep
D

Been down so far I don't get wet
Bm

I haven't touched the bottom yet
D

This river scene is gettin' old
Bm

I'm hungry, sleepy, wet and cold
D

She told me to forget it nice
Bm

I should have taken her advice
D
Bm

I only wanna go on home
G

I'd gladly leave that girl alone
D

What a way to spend the night
Bm

If I don't drown, I'll die of fright
D

My pappy taught me how to float
Bm

But I can't swim a single note
D

He threw me in to teach me how
Bm

I stayed there floatin' like a mama cow
D

And now I've floated way downstream
Bm

Know this has to be a dream
D

If I could find my way to shore
Bm

I'd never, never do this anymore
G
D

They give you three,

I've been down nine
Bm

I'm goin' down just one

more time
D

Goin' down
Bm

Goin' down, back
D

Goin' down
Bm

Goin' down
D

I'm goin' down, back, back, back
Bm

Goin' down, back, back, back, back, huh
D

Back, back, back, huh, back
Bm
D

Back, back, back, huh
Bm

Goin' down
D

Goin' down
Bm

I'm goin' down home
D

I'm goin' back home

Back to my friends
Bm
G
D

Back under the warm
Bm

And I can do with it, too
D

I'm goin' home, ah
Bm
D
Bm

Verse 7
D

Now the sky is gettin' light
Bm

And everything will be alright
D

Think I finally got the knack
Bm

Just floatin' and lazin'
D

on my back

I never really liked that town
Bm
D

I think I'll ride the river down

Just movin' slow and floatin' free
Bm

There's a river swinging under me
D

Waving back to the folks
Bm

on shore

I should've thought of this before
D

I'm floatin' on down to New Orleans
Bm

And pick up on some swingin'
D

scenes

I'm gonna know a better day
Bm

I'm goin' down groovin'

all the way
D

Goin' down

Go-go-go down
Bm

down

down
D

I'm goin' down, back, back, back
Bm

Down in New Orleans, back,

back, back, back home
D
Bm

I'm go-goin' down, down,

hey, hey, hey, hey
D

Goin' on down, hey, hey, hey, hey
Bm
D

I'm go, go, go, goin' down
Bm

I'm goin' down
D

Goin' down, go, go
Bm
G
D

Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Bm

Got to, got to, got to, got to,

got to, got to
D
Bm

Got to, got to, got to, got to,
D

got to, got to go
Bm

Got to go, got to go back home,
D

I'm goin' down
Bm

Down, down, down, down, down,
D

down, down the river now

I gotta go, gotta go,

gotta go, gotta go, gotta go

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