A Long Way Down chords by Lloyd Cole

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: BB

A augmentedA Long Way Down - Lloyd Cole
Tabbed: Eli Tecktiel
Note: Lloyd plays w/ a capo on IV, but you can also use one on II with A, E, and D.


Verse 1:
G+G          D MajorD            C majorC
Didn't I hear you say your heart's made out of steel
G+G          D MajorD
And no one's gonna get so close
            C majorC
No one's gonna know how you feel
D MajorD
Now you're a punch drunk sycophant
C majorC
A augmentedA little SOB
  D MajorD
You say your mind is made up
C majorC                    G+G
Isn't that the way that it's supposed to be?

Chorus:
G+G     D MajorD     C majorC
And it's a long way down
G+G      D MajorD     C majorC
And it's a long, long way down

Verse 2:
G+G       D MajorD                 C majorC
Walking that tall your head is going to trip your feet
G+G        D MajorD
Walking with the devil's fine
        C majorC
Just don't call it looking for sympathy
 D MajorD
When it's four a.m. and mister you can't sleep
C majorC
Beause your blood's still rushing at cocaine speed
 D MajorD
And you know all that you need's a little baby to say
C majorC                    G+G
Mister, cool down won't you let me fade those blues away

Chorus:
G+G     D MajorD      C majorC
And it's a long way down
G+G      D MajorD    C majorC
And it's a long, long way down
G+G      D MajorD     C majorC
And when you hit the ground
G+G      D MajorD      C majorC
You're going to know about it

Verse 3:
G+G         D MajorD             C majorC
Mister, let's you and me see if we can't make a deal
G+G                     D MajorD
I'll give you the world and all you've got to do
   C majorC
Is cry for me

Instrumental break:

Verse 3:
G+G         D MajorD           C majorC
The reason it's a cliche is because it's true
 G+G                 D MajorD
The harder you climb, the harder you fall
   C majorC
And that means you

  D MajorD
So mister hard head, hard nose, heart out of steel
   C majorC
You're just a punch drunk sycophant, a little SOB

Outro:
G+G        D MajorD      C majorC
And it's a long, it's a long way down
G+G        D MajorD      C majorC
And it's a long, long way down
        FF    C majorC
And when you hit the ground
          G+G
You're going to know about it