Going Down chords by
Lou Reed
Lou Reed

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Key: A major
Verse 1
C#
C#

F#
F#

When you're in a dream,
C#
C#

And you think you've got your prob
B
B

lems all nailed down.
F#
F#

Pieces of the scheme
C#
C#

Seem to rattle up and to rattle down.
B
B

And when you start
Verse 2
F#
F#

B
B

to fall,
F#
F#

B
B

And those footsteps, they start to fade.
Verse 3
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

Then you know you're going down.
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

Yeah, you're falling all around.
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

And you know you're going down
B
B

For the last time.
F#
F#

C#
C#

B
B

C#
C#

Verse 4
F#
F#

When you're in the air,
And you're thinking you'll
C#
C#

B
B

drift off into the rest.
F#
F#

Your friends politely advise:
Hey, look, you're pushing too hard,
C#
C#

And perhaps you need a rest.
Verse 5
F#
F#

B
B

And when you start to fall,
F#
F#

And all those footsteps,
B
B

they start to fade.
Verse 6
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

Then you know you're going down.
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

Yeah, you're crashing upside down.
G#m
G#m

And you know you're going down
C#
C#

For the last time.
Verse 7
F#
F#

Time's not what it seems.
It just seems longer,
B
B

Bm
Bm

when you're lonely in this world.
F#
F#

Everything, it seems,
B
B

Would be brighter if your nights
Bm
Bm

were spent with some girl
Verse 8
G#m
G#m

C#
C#

Yeah, you're falling all around.
G#m
G#m

Yeah, you're crashing upside down.
C#
C#

G#m
G#m

Oh, oh, and you know
C#
C#

you're going down
Outro 1
For the last time.
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

C#
C#

F#
F#

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