Chords for I'M DOWN - THE HOLLIES - (1975)
Tempo:
122.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G] You're coming out!
[C]
Shook [G] my head out of dreams, reality's calling
[C]
The only birds been up all morning
[G] But I've got no notion of moving from where [D] I am
[G] Well my legs won't move, I feel disabled
[C]
I'm on a shelf, an article labeled
[G] Waiting for someone to fetch me from lost [D] and found
You
[C] hear me [G] calling,
[C] you're gonna see me [G] fall
I'm [C] back
[G]
Had my ways with days of sunshine
[C] Life came easy, it all fell in [G] line
But then again, I didn't [D] realize
When [G] you're used to one thing, it's hard to accept another
[C] Like the woman who brought you up, well, she ain't your mother
[G] How do you cope with a thing [D] like that?
[C] I'm back
You hear me [G] calling,
[C] you're gonna see me [G] fall I'm [C] back
[G]
[Bm] I always thought it was my dad who went to war
[C] Thought it was my sister [Em] who fell off the wall
[Bm] My pseudo-brother Billy emigrated long ago
[Am] Someone went through pain to have me
[C#] [D] Someone I should know
[G] [Bm] [Em] [G]
[C] [Am] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [G]
[C] [B] [Am]
To [G] the folks who brought me up, I'm not ungrateful
[C] Kept the secret from me, they thought it was shameful
[G] It hurt me so to be the last one [D] to know
Maybe [G] someone's out there looking for me
[C] Left on their own, couldn't afford to clothe [G] me
And I, I don't even know [D] my real name I'm [C] back
You hear me [G] calling
[C] I'm back
You'll see [G] me fall
[C] I'm back
[G] I'm [C] back
[G]
[C]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G] You're coming out!
[C]
Shook [G] my head out of dreams, reality's calling
[C]
The only birds been up all morning
[G] But I've got no notion of moving from where [D] I am
[G] Well my legs won't move, I feel disabled
[C]
I'm on a shelf, an article labeled
[G] Waiting for someone to fetch me from lost [D] and found
You
[C] hear me [G] calling,
[C] you're gonna see me [G] fall
I'm [C] back
[G]
Had my ways with days of sunshine
[C] Life came easy, it all fell in [G] line
But then again, I didn't [D] realize
When [G] you're used to one thing, it's hard to accept another
[C] Like the woman who brought you up, well, she ain't your mother
[G] How do you cope with a thing [D] like that?
[C] I'm back
You hear me [G] calling,
[C] you're gonna see me [G] fall I'm [C] back
[G]
[Bm] I always thought it was my dad who went to war
[C] Thought it was my sister [Em] who fell off the wall
[Bm] My pseudo-brother Billy emigrated long ago
[Am] Someone went through pain to have me
[C#] [D] Someone I should know
[G] [Bm] [Em] [G]
[C] [Am] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [G]
[C] [B] [Am]
To [G] the folks who brought me up, I'm not ungrateful
[C] Kept the secret from me, they thought it was shameful
[G] It hurt me so to be the last one [D] to know
Maybe [G] someone's out there looking for me
[C] Left on their own, couldn't afford to clothe [G] me
And I, I don't even know [D] my real name I'm [C] back
You hear me [G] calling
[C] I'm back
You'll see [G] me fall
[C] I'm back
[G] I'm [C] back
[G]
[C]
Key:
G
C
D
Bm
Em
G
C
D
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] You're coming out!
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ Shook [G] my head out of dreams, _ reality's calling
[C]
The only birds been up all morning
[G] But I've got no notion of moving from where [D] I am
_ _ _ _ [G] Well my legs won't move, I feel disabled
[C] _
I'm on a shelf, an article labeled
[G] Waiting for someone to fetch me from lost [D] and found
_ You _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ hear me [G] _ calling, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ you're gonna see me [G] fall _ _ _ _ _
I'm [C] back _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Had my ways with days of sunshine
[C] Life came easy, it all fell in [G] line
But then again, I didn't [D] realize
_ _ When _ _ [G] you're used to one thing, it's hard to accept another
[C] Like the woman who brought you up, well, she ain't your mother
[G] How do you cope with a thing [D] like that? _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm back _ _ _ _
You hear me [G] calling, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ you're gonna see me [G] fall I'm _ _ _ _ [C] back _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] I always thought it was my dad who went to war
_ [C] Thought it was my sister [Em] who fell off the wall
[Bm] My pseudo-brother Billy emigrated long ago
[Am] Someone went through pain to have me
[C#] _ [D] _ Someone I should know _
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _
To [G] the folks who brought me up, I'm not ungrateful
[C] Kept the secret from me, they thought it was shameful
[G] It hurt me so to be the last one [D] to know
_ _ Maybe _ [G] _ someone's out there looking for me
[C] Left on their own, couldn't afford to clothe [G] me
And I, I don't even know [D] my real _ name I'm _ [C] back _ _ _ _
You hear me [G] calling _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm back
_ _ _ You'll see [G] me fall _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm back _ _ _ _
[G] I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] back _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] You're coming out!
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ Shook [G] my head out of dreams, _ reality's calling
[C]
The only birds been up all morning
[G] But I've got no notion of moving from where [D] I am
_ _ _ _ [G] Well my legs won't move, I feel disabled
[C] _
I'm on a shelf, an article labeled
[G] Waiting for someone to fetch me from lost [D] and found
_ You _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ hear me [G] _ calling, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ you're gonna see me [G] fall _ _ _ _ _
I'm [C] back _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Had my ways with days of sunshine
[C] Life came easy, it all fell in [G] line
But then again, I didn't [D] realize
_ _ When _ _ [G] you're used to one thing, it's hard to accept another
[C] Like the woman who brought you up, well, she ain't your mother
[G] How do you cope with a thing [D] like that? _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm back _ _ _ _
You hear me [G] calling, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ you're gonna see me [G] fall I'm _ _ _ _ [C] back _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] I always thought it was my dad who went to war
_ [C] Thought it was my sister [Em] who fell off the wall
[Bm] My pseudo-brother Billy emigrated long ago
[Am] Someone went through pain to have me
[C#] _ [D] _ Someone I should know _
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _
To [G] the folks who brought me up, I'm not ungrateful
[C] Kept the secret from me, they thought it was shameful
[G] It hurt me so to be the last one [D] to know
_ _ Maybe _ [G] _ someone's out there looking for me
[C] Left on their own, couldn't afford to clothe [G] me
And I, I don't even know [D] my real _ name I'm _ [C] back _ _ _ _
You hear me [G] calling _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm back
_ _ _ You'll see [G] me fall _ _ _ _ _
[C] I'm back _ _ _ _
[G] I'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] back _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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