Don't Go Down
From a Basement on the Hill
don't go down - elliott smith
standard tuning - EADGBE
E 022100 D* x5403x
A x02220 Eb* x6504x
A7 x02223 G 320001
A6 x02222 B x24442
Am x02210 B7 22120x
D xx0232 E* 022104
C x32010
E A A7 A6 A
I met a girl a snowball in hell
Am D /F# C D* Eb*
she was as hard and as cracked as the liberty bell
E A A7 A6 A
and I got her to come on and move in with me
Am D /F# C /F# G /A B
and I said I'd find a better place we could spend e -ter-ni-ty
C
don't go down
/B Am
don't go down
D
stay with me
G C G C G B7
baby stay
E A A7 A6 A
her mama called me a thief
Am D /F# C D* Eb*
and her dad called himself commander in chief
E A A7 A6 A
I fought him off with my love
Am D /F# C /F# G /A B
but I knew the sense of worthlessness she'd have to rise above
C
don't go down
/B Am
don't go down
D
stay with me
G C G C G B7
baby stay
[emphasise the high notes in the instrumental]
E* A7 A6 A Am D /F# C D* Eb*
E* A7 A6 A Am D /F# C /F# G /A B
C
don't go down
/B Am
don't go down
D
stay with me
G C G C G B7
baby stay
E A A7 A6 A
she had a dream woke up in shock
Am D /F# C D* Eb*
she had seen her own body outlined in chalk
E A A7 A6 A
and I split the seam, the globe that'd been spun
Am D /F# C /F# G /A B
and her ghost beamed down to kiss me with a message from the sun
C
don't go down
/B Am
don't go down
D
stay with me
C
baby stay
/B Am
don't go down
D
stay with me
C
baby stay
/B Am
don't go down
D
stay with me
G
baby stay