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Am part - the G's are played really quickly (it follows the violin on the song.)  
You can leave them out for simple strumming.  Anything in parenthesis can be left 
Gsus4: (320013) or (32001X)
e---1p0----|---1p0------|\
B----------|----------1-| \
G-0-----2--|-0-----2----|  \  x2
D----------|------------|  /
A----------|------------| /
E----------|------------|/
 C- Fmaj7  
CI dreamt you seduced me Fmaj7just to walk away
CI dreamt you inspired then rFmaj7ewired what I say     
CI dreamt you spread your bottom wings and Fmaj7pulled me to the bed    
But then I wCoke up feeling nauseous, you Fmaj7danced around my head    
Tell FmeG  Am  
How long, how long have GI been doFwn?G  Am  
How long, how long have GI been doFwn?G  Am  
                                   G(Gsus4)  G  
How long, how long have I been down, down, down?
CI dreamt you burned my fingers yes an Fmaj7automatic sting
CI dreamt you called me beautiful then aFmaj7sked to hear me sing
CI dreamt you sat, invited me to cFmaj7rawl within your space  
But then I Cwoke up feeling nauseous, girl you dFmaj7anced around my face   
Tell FmeG  Am  
How long, how long have Gyou been Fdown?G  Am  
How long, how long have Gyou been Fdown?G  Am  
                                     G(Gsus4)  G  
How long, how long have you been down, down, down?
FWhy can't we Gwork when we both try? AmWe try, we try, we try, we try.
FWhy can't thiGs work, when we both trAmy? 
FWhy can't it Gwork when we both try? AmWe try, we try, we try
How we trFy...      G  
And how wFe tryG...F  
e---1p0----|---1p0------|
B----------|----------1-|
G-0-----2--|-0-----2----|
D----------|------------|
A----------|------------|
E----------|------------|
  C-    Fmaj7(x3) 
CI meant to sympathize I Fmaj7meant to be a friend
CI know apologizing Fmaj7won't erase the end
CBut I learn that moving on, is Fmaj7where I must begin
Because when our Ccolors mixed
We couldn't fix the Fmaj7way they wouldn't blend
So TFell GmeAm  
How long, how long have wGe been doFwn?G  Am  
How long, how long have wGe been doFwn?G  Am  
                                    G(Gsus4)   G  
How long, how long have we been down, down, down?
FAnd I wish that only gGreatness Amfollow you around
(G)                    F        G  Am  
   I hope to God, you find a way to keep from down
(G)                F          G  Am  
   When you do I hope you share it all with me
                 G(Gsus4)            G  
Please try to understand, 
yeah to understand FmeG  Am  
                (G)    F   G             Am(G)    F   G          Am  
Just try to understand me, yeah understand me
                                   G(Gsus4)  G  
How long, how long have we been down down, down, yeah
F  G  Am

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Been Down

by Blue October

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fmaj7

Gsus4

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Am part - the G's are played really quickly (it follows the violin on the song.)

You can leave them out for simple strumming. Anything in parenthesis can be left

Gsus4: (320013) or (32001X)

e---1p0----|---1p0------|\

B----------|----------1-| \

G-0-----2--|-0-----2----| \ x2

D----------|------------| /

A----------|------------| /

E----------|------------|/

C Fmaj7

I dreamt you seduced me just to walk away

C Fmaj7

I dreamt you inspired then rewired what I say

C Fmaj7

I dreamt you spread your bottom wings and pulled me to the bed

C Fmaj7

But then I woke up feeling nauseous, you danced around my head

F G Am

Tell me

G F G Am

How long, how long have I been down?

G F G Am

How long, how long have I been down?

G Gsus4 G

()

How long, how long have I been down, down, down?

C Fmaj7

I dreamt you burned my fingers yes an automatic sting

C Fmaj7

I dreamt you called me beautiful then asked to hear me sing

C Fmaj7

I dreamt you sat, invited me to crawl within your space

C Fmaj7

But then I woke up feeling nauseous, girl you danced around my face

F G Am

Tell me

G F G Am

How long, how long have you been down?

G F G Am

How long, how long have you been down?

G Gsus4 G

()

How long, how long have you been down, down, down?

F G Am

Why can't we work when we both try? We try, we try, we try, we try.

F G Am

Why can't this work, when we both try?

F G Am

Why can't it work when we both try? We try, we try, we try

F G

How we try...

F G F

And how we try...

e---1p0----|---1p0------|

B----------|----------1-|

G-0-----2--|-0-----2----|

D----------|------------|

A----------|------------|

E----------|------------|

C Fmaj7

- (x3)

C Fmaj7

I meant to sympathize I meant to be a friend

C Fmaj7

I know apologizing won't erase the end

C Fmaj7

But I learn that moving on, is where I must begin

Because when our colors mixed

Fmaj7

We couldn't fix the way they wouldn't blend

F G Am

So Tell me

G F G Am

How long, how long have we been down?

G F G Am

How long, how long have we been down?

G Gsus4 G

()

How long, how long have we been down, down, down?

F G Am

And I wish that only greatness follow you around

G F G Am

()

I hope to God, you find a way to keep from down

G F G Am

()

When you do I hope you share it all with me

G Gsus4 G

()

Please try to understand,

F G Am

yeah to understand me

G F G Am G F G Am

() ()

Just try to understand me, yeah understand me

G Gsus4 G

()

How long, how long have we been down down, down, yeah

F G Am

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