Don't Shut Me Down chords by ABBA

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Submitter: Ingo66

INTRO:

Bb majorBb


VERSE ONE:
Bb majorBb
A augmentedA while ago, I heard the sound of children's laughter
G minorGm
Now it's quiet, so I guess they left the park
C minorCm
This wooden bench is getting harder by the hour
FF             Bb majorBb    FF
The sun is going down, it's getting dark

Bb majorBb          Bbmaj7Bbmaj7
I realise I'm cold, the rain begins to pour
Bb/DBb/D              G minorGm
As I watch the windows on the second floor
Eb MajorEb
The lights are on, it's time to go
FF
It's time at last to let him know

INSTRUMENTAL:

C minorCm FF
.

VERSE TWO:
C minorCm              FF
I believe it would be fair to say
Bb majorBb   G minorGm
You look bewildered
C minorCm          AbAb
And you wonder why I'm here today
Bb/DBb/D         Bb majorBb
And so you should, I would
Eb MajorEb
When I left, I felt I'd had еnough
G minorGm    FF
But in the shape and form I appear now
Eb MajorEb
I havе learned to cope
Bb/DBb/D      Eb MajorEb    FF
And love and hope is why I am here now


CHORUS:
C majorC
And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
A minorAm
I'm fired up, don't shut me down
DmDm
I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
G+G                  C majorC G+G
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down

C majorC
I'm not the one you knew
Cmaj7Cmaj7
I'm now and then combined
A minorAm              FF
And I'm asking you to have an open mind (And I won't be the same)
FF
I'm not the same this time around (Ooh)
G+G
I'm fired up, don't shut me down

INSTRUMENTAL:

DmDm G+G
.

VERSE THREE:
DmDm            G+G
Will you leave me standing in the hall
C majorC A minorAm
Or let me enter
DmDm            Bb majorBb
The apartment hasn't changed at all
FF         C majorC
I got to say I'm glad

FF            Fmaj7Fmaj7
Once these rooms were witness to our love
DmDm    C majorC
My tantrums and increasing frustration
Bb majorBb
But I go from mad
F/AF/A   BB       Csus4Csus4 C majorC    A augmentedA
To not so bad in my transformation (So now)

CHORUS:
D MajorD
And now you see another me, I've been reloaded, yeah
B minorBm
I'm fired up, don't shut me down (Don't shut me down)
E minorEm
I'm like a dream within a dream that's been decoded
A augmentedA                 D MajorD AS
I'm fired up, I'm hot, don't shut me down

D MajorD
I am not the one you knew (I'm not the one you knew)
Dmaj7Dmaj7
I'm now and then combined
B minorBm             G+G    D/F#D/F#
And I'm asking you to have an open mind (And I won't be the same)
G+G              D/F#D/F#
I'm not the same this time around (Ooh)
A augmentedA
I'm fired up, don't shut me down

OUTRO:
D MajorD
You asked me not to leave
A augmentedA
Well, here I am again
D/F#D/F#              B minorBm
And I love you still and so I won't pretend
G+G
I have learned to cope
D/F#D/F#      G+G     A augmentedA
And love and hope is why I am here now