I've Been Down So Long chords by Lee Hazlewood

SimplifiedC · F · G · Bb

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
He walks  (C major) these tracks
Bb 
C 
and  (B flat major) never looks around  (C major) 
Bb 
C 
He bums what he can  (B flat major) get in any town  (C major) 
F 
C 
He's  (F major) grown content to live on char (C major) ity
Bb 
C 
I've been down so long it looks  (B flat major) like up  (C major) to me

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 2

I make excuses when I read his name

On the side of some old dirty train

It conjures up a taste of fantasy

I've been down so long it

looks like up to me

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) 
F 
I've been down  (F major) so long it
G 
C 
looks  (G major) like up to me  (C major) 
Well, I pushed him off the
Bb 
C 
ladder  (B flat major) of success  (C major) 
That's true
Bb 
But down here on the bot (B flat major) tom I get rest
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 4

He saves his thoughts to

buy a memory

Verse 5

I've been down so long

it looks like up to me

Verse 6
C 
Bb 
C 
I  (C major) put my finger  (B flat major) in  his mind's  (C major) eye
Bb 
C 
And I've given him a reason  (B flat major) now to cry  (C major) 
F 
C 
I put  (F major) his song of life in the wrong key  (C major) 
Bb 
I've been down so long it look (B flat major) 
C 
s like up to  (C major) me

Verse 7
C 
F 
Yeah, he's  (C major) been down  (F major) so long
G 
it looks  (G major) like up to Lee
C 
F 
G 
Poor Lee,  (C major) I wish  (F major) you would  (G major) 
come up here
C 
Lee, you're  (C major) breaking my heart
down there
I wish you would tell this story
to everybody
F 
Listen to him crying down  (F major) there
You keep secrets
Poor Lee
You've hurt me
G 
 (G major) I'm sorry
I'll never forget
Haha!
C 
I'm  (C major) a poor sport
Haha!