WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Relient K - When I Go Down Chords | Ver. 1
No Capo.
[Verse 1]
C#m A
I'll tell you flat out
C#m
It hurts so much to think of this
A
So from my thoughts I will exclude
C#m A
The very thing that
C#m
I hate more than everything is
A
The way I'm powerless
F#m
To dictate my own moods
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m G
I've thrown away
F#m G
So many things that could've been much more
F#m G
And I just pray
F#m G E
My problems go away if they're ignored
G
But that's not the way it works
A
No that's not the way it works
[Chorus]
D
When I go down
Bm
I go down hard
G A
And I take everything I've learned
And teach myself some disregard
D
When I go down
Bm
It hurts to hit the bottom
G
And of the things that got me there
A
I think, if only I had fought them
[Verse 2]
C#m A
If and when I can
C#m
Clear myself of this clouded mind
A
I'll watch myself settle down
C#m A
Into a place where
C#m
Peace can search me out and find
A
That I'm so ready to be found
[Pre-Chorus]
F#m G
I've thrown away
F#m G
The hope I had in friendship
F#m G
I've thrown away
F#m G
So many things that could've been much more
F#m G
I've thrown away
F#m G
The secret to find an end to this
F#m G
And I just pray
F#m G E
My problems go away if they're ignored
G
But that's not the way it works
A
No that's not the way it works
[Chorus]
D
When I go down
Bm
I go down hard
G A
And I take everything I've learned
And teach myself some disregard
D
When I go down
Bm
It hurts to hit the bottom
G
And of the things that got me there
A
I think, if only I had fought them
[Bridge]
Bm A G D/F# Asus4
Any control I thought I had just slips right through my hands
A G D/F# Em
While my ever-present conscience shakes its head and reprimands me
Asus4 A
Reprimands me
D
Then and there
G
I confess
D G
I'll blame all this on my selfishness
D
Yet you love me
G
And that consumes me
D
And I'll stand up again
G
And do so willingly
[Instrumental]
G D/F# G D G Bm G D
[Bridge 2]
G D/F# G D
You give me hope, and hope it gives me life
G Bm G D
You touch my heavy heart, and when you do you make it light
G D G D
As I exhale I hear your voice
G D G D
And I answer you, though I hardly make a noise
G D G D
And from my lips the words I choose to say
G D G D
Seem pathetic, but it's fallen man's praise
G D/F# Bm D
Because I love you
G Bm G D
Oh God, I love you
[Instrumental]
G D/F# G D G Bm G D (baa-baas galore!)
[Bridge 3]
G D/F#
And life is now worth living
G D
If only because of you
G Bm
And when they say that I'm dead and gone
G D
It won't be further from the truth
[Instrumental]
D/F# G A Bm D/F# G (x2)
[Coda]
(piano bit, don't worry about the slashes for guitar!)
D
When I go down
Bm/D
I lift my eyes to you
G/D
I won't look very far
A/D
Cause you'll be there
C#m A
With open arms
C#m A
To lift me up again
F#m G
To lift me up again
