Straight Back Down chords by
Dean Lewis (Official Version)
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Key: F majorDifficulty: Easy

Intro 1

Dm

Am

Bb

Dm7

F

C

Verse 1
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
You know I find it hard to sleep when
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I'm sleeping by myself
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And I'm lying in the spare room
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Thinking I should be somewhere else
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
You should know when we've been drinking
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
We can sabotage ourselves
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Like smashing up the kitchen
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
No,   there's nothing that

Pre-chorus 1
seems to help
Bb Bb 
 
And I don't wanna wake you up
C C 
 
Tell you that I'm leaving town
Dm Dm 
 
I already packed my stuff
F F 
 
C C 
 
Can't go back now
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
But the way you look
Dm Dm 
 
brings me straight back down
F F 
 
C C 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right

Chorus 1
Bb Bb 
 
now
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I was ready to go, ready to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right now
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I was ready to go, ready to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right

Verse 2
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
(now)
You're breaking out the windows
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
While I was tearing down the doors
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
And now I'm picking up the ashtray
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
That you threw against the wall
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
'Cause we take,
and we take just a little more
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
I  have no idea what we're fighting for
F F 
 
Am Am 
 
Bb Bb 
 
Now we're standing right here
outside your door
Dm7 Dm7 
 
F F 
 
C C 
 
Now I know, now I know

Pre-chorus 2
Bb Bb 
 
And I don't wanna wake you up
C C 
 
Tell you that I'm leaving town
Dm Dm 
 
I already packed my stuff
F F 
 
C C 
 
Can't go back now
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
But the way you look
Dm Dm 
 
brings me straight back down
F F 
 
C C 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right

Chorus 2
Bb Bb 
 
now
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I was ready to go, ready to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right now
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I was ready to go, ready to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
I don't wanna wake you up

Bridge 1
Bb Bb 
 
'Cause I   can't live with you,
Dm Dm 
 
I can't live without you
C C 
 
F F 
 
You feel like home, you feel like home
Bb Bb 
 
Can't live with you,
Dm Dm 
 
I can't live without you
C C 
 
F F 
 
You feel like home, you feel like home

Pre-chorus 3
Bb Bb 
 
And I don't wanna wake you up
C C 
 
Tell you that I'm leaving town
Dm Dm 
 
I already packed my stuff
F F 
 
C C 
 
Can't go back now
Bb Bb 
 
C C 
 
But the way you look
Dm Dm 
 
brings me straight back down

Chorus 3
Bb Bb 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right now
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I was ready to go, ready to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right now
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I was ready to go, ready to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
Bb Bb 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right now
C C 
 
Dm Dm 
 
I was ready to go, ready to go
F F 
 
C C 
 
I don't wanna wake you up right now

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsDm Am Bb Dm7 F...

Chords

Dm
Am
Bb
Dm7
F
C

Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x
Dm7: x-x-0-2-1-1
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

0

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

Barre chords ask a lot of the fretting hand. The barre course walks through hand position, pressure, and the cleanest way to land each shape. Practice barre chords

This is the definitive original version of Straight Back Down by Dean Lewis, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F major. It suits players who want to learn Straight Back Down the way Dean Lewis intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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