Capo
6
Difficulty
Beginner
Rate for accuracy
🎸
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
C and C/G interchange pretty regularly to taste
Any time a D chord is mentioned, it's one of the Dsus chords
Dsus2 - x-0-0-2-3-0 -or- x-5-4-0-3-0
--the latter sounds better to me most of the time
πΈ Intro:
C G Dsus2
πΈ Verse:
C G D
Take everything that we have
C G D
Take it and burn it to the ground
C G D
Some things were never meant to last
πΈ Chorus:
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
πΈ Verse:
C G D
I'm still married to it all
C G D
That ain't no place to hang around
C G D
My love is 50 feet tall
πΈ Chorus:
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
πΈ Bridge:
C/G D/A
I've grown accustomed to the way
C/G
You hurled us into space
D/A
I'll never make that trip
C/G D/A
Tears all rusted on my face
C/G
And I'm just an empty place
D/A
Where your love used to fit
πΈ Solo:
C G Dsus2
πΈ Verse:
C G D
South carolina where are you
C G D
We were once lost and now we're found
C G D
The war is over, the battle's through
πΈ Chorus:
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
C G
Take it down, down, down
D AC
Take it down
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
C G
Take it down, down, down
D
Take it down
Song History
Published: August 13, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025