Going Down chords by Lou Reed

SimplifiedD · G · C · Am · Cm

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Verse 1
D 
G 
When you're in a dream,
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And you think you've got your prob
C 
lems all nailed down.
G 
Pieces of the scheme
D 
Seem to rattle up and to rattle down.
C 
And when you start

Verse 2

to fall,

And those footsteps, they start to fade.

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Verse 3

Then you know you're going down.

Yeah, you're falling all around.

And you know you're going down

For the last time.

Verse 4
G 
When you're in the air,
And you're thinking you'll
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C 
drift off into the rest.
G 
Your friends politely advise:
Hey, look, you're pushing too hard,
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And perhaps you need a rest.

Verse 5

And when you start to fall,

And all those footsteps,

they start to fade.

Verse 6

Then you know you're going down.

Yeah, you're crashing upside down.

And you know you're going down

For the last time.

Verse 7
G 
Time's not what it seems.
It just seems longer,
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Cm 
when you're lonely in this world.
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Everything, it seems,
C 
Would be brighter if your nights
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were spent with some girl