Knock You Down chords by
Keri Hilson
Kanye West
Ne-yo

2009•R&B•472 views•

Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

Uh-huh, not again

Oh, this ain't supposed to happen to me

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Keep rocking, and keep knocking

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Whether you Louboutin it up or Reebokin'

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You see the hate,

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that they're serving on a platter

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So what we goin' have, dessert or disaster

Verse 1

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I never thought I'd, be in love like this

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When I look at you my mind goes on a trip

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Then you came in,

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and knocked me on my face

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Feels like I'm in a race

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Em

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But I already won first place

Pre-chorus 1

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I never thought I'd fall for you

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as hard as I did

(As hard as I did, yeah)

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You got me thinking 'bout our life,

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our house and kids

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Every morning I look at you and smile

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'Cause boy you came around

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and you knocked me down,

knocked me down

Chorus 1

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Sometimes love comes around

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And it knocks you down

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Just get back up

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When it knocks you down, knocks you down

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Sometimes love comes around

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And it knocks you down

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Just get back up

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Em

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When it knocks you down, knocks you down

Verse 2

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I never thought I'd hear myself say

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Y'all go ahead,

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Em

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I think I'm gonna kick it with my girl today

(Kick it with my girl today)

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I used to be commander and chief

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Of my pimp ship flying high (flying high)

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'Til I met this pretty little missile

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that shot me out the sky

(Oh shot me out the sky)

Pre-chorus 2

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Hey, tonight I'm crashing,

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don't know how it happened

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But I know it feels so damn good

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Said if I could go back,

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and make it happen faster

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Don't you know I would baby if I could

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Miss independent (oh, to the fullest),

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the load never too much

She helping me pull it

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She shot the bullet that ended that life (oh)

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I swear to you the pimp in me

just died tonight, girl

Chorus 2

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Sometimes love comes around...

Oh, it comes around

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And it knocks you down

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Just get back up

Em

Em

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When it knocks you down, knocks you down

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Sometimes love comes around

Comes around

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And it knocks you down

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Just get back up

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When it knocks you down, knocks you down

Verse 3

Knocks you down

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Tell me now can you

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make it past your caspers

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So we can finally fly off into NASA

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You was always the cheerleader

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of my dreams that seem

to only date the head of football teams

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And I was the class clown that

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always kept you laughing

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We, were never meant to be,

baby we just happen

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So please, don't mess up the trick,

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hey young world I'm the new slick rick

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They say I move too quick,

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but we can't let this moment pass us

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Let the hourglass pass right into ashes

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Let the wind blow the ash

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right before my glasses

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So I wrote this love letter

Pre-chorus 3

right before my classes

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How could a goddess ask

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someone that's only average, for advice

"OMG, you listen to that bitch?"

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Woe is me, baby this is tragic

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'Cause we had it, we was magic

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I was flying, now I'm crashing

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This is bad, real bad, Michael Jackson

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Now I'm mad, real mad, Joe Jackson

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You should leave your boyfriend now,

Imma ask him

Bridge 1

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Say you gotta put the good with the bad,

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happy and the sad

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Oh will you bring a better future

than I had in the past

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Oh 'cause, I don't wanna make

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the same mistakes I did

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I don't wanna fall back on on my face again

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Whoa, whoa

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I'll admit it, I was scared to answer love's call

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Whoa, whoa

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And if it hits better make it worth the fall

Chorus 3

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Sometimes love comes around

Comes around

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And it knocks you down

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Just get back up

Em

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When it knocks you down, knocks you down

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Sometimes love comes around..

(When love comes around)

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And it knocks you down

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Just get back up

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When it knocks you down, knocks you down

Outro 1

Knocks you down

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Won't see it coming when it happens

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But when it happens you're gonna feel it,

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let me tell you now

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See when love comes

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it knocks you down (oh)

(Oh, when it knocks you down)

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Won't see it coming when it happens

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But when it happens you're gonna feel it,

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let me tell you now (Tell me now)

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See when love comes

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it knocks you down, yeah

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[Repeat and fade]

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Knock You Down by Keri Hilson, Kanye West, Ne-Yo is Bb major.

The primary chords used in Knock You Down are Eb, F, Bb, Gm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Eb, F, Bb, Gm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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