Down Today Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays526

Down Today by Jonathan Coulton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Bb and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: C 


 C                             F    C 
Tell me what you think I been doing wrong 

 G        C           G    F  C 
I'm too high to hear what you say 

 C                          F         C 
Maybe write a letter if it takes too long 

 G               C 
Won?t come down today 


 C                       F        C 
Found a pretty girl who loves me true 

 G          C        G   F    C 
I don't ask why and she won?t say 

 C                   F    C 
I'm about ten miles over you 

 G               C (and hold until Chorus?) 
Won?t come down today 


Bb                  F 
I just bought a balloon 

          C              C7 
Me and a girl, taking a ride 

Bb                   F 
Float just under the moon 

              C               G 
Dumping your things over the side 


C (all through the transition) 


 C                                F      C 
If you're gonna leave, could you let me know? 

 G       C      G    F   C 
I won?t try to make you stay 

 C                          F      C 
Gonna throw a party on the day you go 

 G               C (and hold again until Chorus?) 
Won?t come down today 


Bb                  F 
I just bought a balloon 

          C              C7 
Me and a girl, taking a ride 

Bb                   F 
Float just under the moon 

              C               G 
Dumping your things over the side 


C (all through the transition) 


 C                             F          C 
I might be coming home, but I don't know when 

 G         C             G    F  C 
I'm up so high, I might float a-way 

 C                         F    C 
I don't ever want to come down again 

 G                C 
Won?t come down today 

 G                C 
Won?t come down today 

 G 
Won?t come down? 

       Bb F C G C 
Today 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante