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Knock Me Down

Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
E ---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---|
B -------------------6-|-------------------6h8p6-|-------------------6-|---|
G -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-2-|
D -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-3-|
A -----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-----3--0-7-0-3-5--------|-----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-3-|
 E -3h5-----------------|-3h5---------------------|-3h5-----------------|-1-|
 Of course you hold the F chord at the end then the verse appears:
 Never  too soon  to be  through
 Being  cool too  much too  soon
 Too  much for me,  too much  for you
 You~re  gonna  lose in time
 
 Don~t  be afraid to show your friends
 That  you hurt  inside,  inside
 Pain~s  part of life
 Don~t  hide behind your false pride
 It~s  a lie,  you lie
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 
 I~m  tired of being  untouchable
 I~m  not  above  the love
 I~m  part of you  and you~re part  of me
 Why  did  you go away
 
 Finding  what you~re looking for can end up
 Being  such  a bore
 
 I  pray for you most everyday, I pray for you
 Now  fly  away
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 (very quickly now, the guitar and bass plays:
G ---------
D --------- When the guitar plays the 6th fret (the Bb note), it also plays
 A -5p0-7--- a power chord on it and therefore from that note the guitar
E -------6- plays a series of chords that go:
 
 
 
 
 all I just did here was to write down the rhythm chords, I have and will not
 as little as it may seem). If you listen to the album, you can
 figure out how these chords come in. The G5/Bb5 part is when the guitar
 slides from G5 to Bb5. Listen and you shall hear, my child. Anyway, the
 rest goes something like this:
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 If  you see me getting  mighty
 If  you see me getting  high
 Knock  me  down
 I~m  not bigger than life
 
 
 It~s  so lonely when you don~t even know yourself,  it~s so lonely
 It~s  so lonely when you don~t even know yourself,  it~s so lonely...
 Please escuse all the redudancy and other things. I shall explain the
 chords now and how I play them. Please remember that this is my best
 estimate of this sad song. If you find any errors or so on could you please
 email me. Anyway, before explaining every chords, I must explain that the
 Em(?) chord does not really exist. I am not sure if there is another chord
 that ends the normal chorus so I presume that the Em chord sustains. So my
 denoting Em(?) means that I am not sure if it is the Em chord that is
 playing at that time. And also, my ways of playing these chords are not by
 gospel. Anyway, here we go:
 
 Em7 0 2 2 4 3 3 <-- a very weird way to play the Em7 chord
 Now that I have wasted countless computer space (and if this is printed out,
 the trees will die). But I hope this helps out a lot. Bye-bye...

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Readable chord sheet for Knock Me Down by Red Hot Chili Peppers

E ---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---|
B -------------------6-|-------------------6h8p6-|-------------------6-|---|
G -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-2-|
D -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-3-|
A -----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-----3--0-7-0-3-5--------|-----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-3-|
E -3h5-----------------|-3h5---------------------|-3h5-----------------|-1-|

Of course you hold the F chord at the end then the verse appears:

N[Dm]ever too so[Am7]on to [Gm7]be through

B[Dm]eing cool [C]too much t[Bb]oo soon

T[Dm]oo much for me[Am7], too muc[Gm7]h for you

Y[A5]ou~re gonn[Bb]a lose in time

 [Em7]       [Bm7]
D[Am7]on~t be afraid to show your friends

T[Em7]hat you [D]hurt insi[C]de, inside

P[Em7]ain~s part of li[Bm7]fe

D[Am7]on~t hide behind your false pride

I[B5]t~s a lie,[C] you lie

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

 [Dm]    [Am7]    [Gm7]           [Dm]    [C]    [Bb]

I[Dm]~m tired of be[Am7]ing untou[Gm7]chable

I[Dm]~m not[C] above[Bb] the love

I[Dm]~m part of yo[Am7]u and you~re par[Gm7]t of me

W[A5]hy di[Bb]d you go away

 [Em7]           [Bm7]
F[Am7]inding what you~re looking for can end up

B[C#m7]eing su[Abm7]ch a bor[F#m7]e

 [Em7]         [Bm7]
I[Am7] pray for you most everyday, I pray for you

N[C#m7]ow  fl[Abm7]y  away[F#m7]

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

(very quickly now, the guitar and bass plays:

G ---------
D ---------  When the guitar plays the 6th fret (the Bb note), it also plays
A -5p0-7---  a power chord on it and therefore from that note the guitar
E -------6-  plays a series of chords that go:

 [Bb5]    [G5]
 [G5]
 [Bb5]    [F5]     [C5]     [Bb5]

 [A5]    [F]     [A5]     [F]     [G5]     [F]      [A]

all I just did here was to write down the rhythm chords, I have and will not

as little as it may seem).  If you listen to the album, you can
figure out how these chords come in.  The G5/Bb5 part is when the guitar
slides from G5 to Bb5.  Listen and you shall hear, my child.  Anyway, the
rest goes something like this:

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting mighty

I[D5]f you see me get[C5]ting high

K[Am]nock m[Em]e down

I[Em]~m not bigger than life

I[F#5]f you see me get[E5]ting mighty

I[F#5]f you see me get[E5]ting high

K[C#m]nock m[Abm]e down

I[E]~m not bigger than li[B]fe

I[F#5]f you see me get[E5]ting mighty

I[F#5]f you see me get[E5]ting high

K[C#m]nock m[Abm]e down

I[E]~m not bigger than li[B]fe

 [C#m]            [E]     [B]

 [C#m]            [E]     [B]

I[C#m]t~s so lonely when you don~t even know yo[E]urself, it~s so lon[B]ely

I[C#m]t~s so lonely when you don~t even know yo[E]urself, it~s so lon[B]ely...

Please escuse all the redudancy and other things.  I shall explain the
chords now and how I play them.  Please remember that this is my best
estimate of this sad song.  If you find any errors or so on could you please
email me.  Anyway, before explaining every chords, I must explain that the
Em(?) chord does not really exist.  I am not sure if there is another chord
that ends the normal chorus so I presume that the Em chord sustains.  So my
denoting Em(?) means that I am not sure if it is the Em chord that is
playing at that time.  And also, my ways of playing these chords are not by
gospel.  Anyway, here we go:

 [E]   [A]   [D]   [G]   [B]   [E]

Em7  0  2  2  4  3  3  <-- a very weird way to play the Em7 chord

Now that I have wasted countless computer space (and if this is printed out,
the trees will die).  But I hope this helps out a lot.  Bye-bye...

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