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Down

Pearl Jam
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
x2
little thing between D and next G:
B|-0h3-0---0-
G|-------2---
 (i play these open)
Down. Fall  by the  wayside...  no getting  out...
 Down.  Cry  me a river...  dried up  and dammed.
 (barred chords sound better here)
The  names can be changed...  but  the place is still the  same.
I  am loaded.  Told that all's for  naught. Holds  me down.
Rise. Life  is in  motion.  I'm  stuck in  line.
 Oh rise. You can't be neutral on a moving train.
One  day... the symptoms  fade. Think  I'll throw these pills  away.
 And  if hope could  grow from dirt  like me. It can  be done.
 (open chords again)
Won't  let the  light escape from  me.
 Won't let the darkness swallow me.
 (So long)
 ending: (single strums alternating beats)  (repeat, end on )

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Readable chord sheet for Down by Pearl Jam

[G] [G] [G] [G][G]
[C] [G] [C] [G] [D] x2
little thing between D and next G:
B|-0h3-0---0-
G|-------2---

(i play these open)

[G]Down. [C]Fall by th[G]e waysid[C]e...[G] no gett[D]ing out...
Dow[G]n. Cry[C] me a riv[G]er...[C] dried [G]up and dammed.

(barred chords sound better here)

[A]The names can be [B]changed... b[C]ut the place is still t[D]he same.
[D]I am loaded.[D] Told that all's fo[A]r naught. Hold[G]s me down.

[G]Rise. [C]Life is in[G] motion[C]. I'm[G] stuck in[D] line.
Oh rise. You can't be neutral on a moving train.
[A]One day... the s[B]ymptoms fade. Th[C]ink I'll throw these pi[D]lls away.
And[D] if hope [D]could grow from dirt[A] like me. It [G]can be done.

(open chords again)

[E]Won't let the[A] light escape from[C] me.
Won't let the darkness swallow me.

(So long)

ending: (single strums alternating beats)[G]  [C]  (repeat, end on [G])

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