American Authors – Calm Me Down (Guitar)

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Chords

For beginners use the transpose button -3 and stick a capo on 3rd fret [Intro]
Gm                         Gm   F   Dm
I need you here to calm me   do-----wn

  Eb                       Gm    F  Dm  Eb
I need you here to calm me   do----wn
[Verse 1]
Gm          F           
That day in New York, I spun out

       Dm         Eb
I fell short, but I felt close to you

Gm           F               
One night in Detroit, I thought there

       Dm               Eb
Was no point but I felt close to you
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm                          F
Everyone tellin' me what to do

F               
What to think, where to be

    Dm                                        Eb
But every day, every day, every day's fillin' up with my anxiety

Gm                F
I can barely open up my eyes

           Dm          Eb
Open up my eyes, eyes, eyes
[Chorus]
                           Gm   F    Dm  
I need you here to calm me   do------wn

  Eb                       Gm   F   Dm
I need you here to calm me   do-----wn

  Eb                    Gm
I don't know if I can stay strong

     F
Hold on, for too long

     Dm
I've been lost

  Eb                       Gm    F   Dm
I need you here to calm me    do-----wn

Eb                  
I need you here to calm me
[Verse 2]
Gm               F
That day in Brooklyn, I spun out

        Dm               Eb
You jumped in and I felt close to you

Gm           F
One night in LA, I thought there

    Dm           Eb
Was no way but I felt close to you
[Pre-Chorus]
Gm                          F
Everyone tellin' me what to do

F               
What to think, where to be

    Dm                                        Eb
But every day, every day, every day's fillin' up with my anxiety

Gm                F
I can barely open up my eyes

           Dm          Eb
Open up my eyes, eyes, eyes
[Chorus]
                           Gm   F    Dm  
I need you here to calm me   do------wn

  Eb                       Gm   F    Dm
I need you here to calm me   do------wn

  Eb                    Gm
I don't know if I can stay strong

     F
Hold on, for too long

     Dm
I've been lost

  Eb                       Gm    F  Dm
I need you here to calm me   do-----wn
[Post-Chorus]
  Eb                        Gm
I need you here to calm me

F         Dm
Down, down

  Eb                       Gm 
I need you here to calm me

F          Dm
Down, down

  Eb  
I need you here to calm me
[Instrumental] |Gm Bb F |Bb F | [Bridge]
Gm                            
Everyone tellin' me what to do

Gm
What to think, where to be

                          Bb                                C   Gm
But every day, every day, every day's fillin' up with my anxiety

Gm                        C
I can barely open up my eyes

C
Open up my eyes

Gm            F
All this paranoia's got my vision going blind

Gm                            F
Everybody tellin' me where to go
How to live, how to see
                              Gm                  F
But every day's, every day's, every day's fillin' up with insecurities

Gm                      F 
I can barely open up my eyes

           C
Open up my eyes, eyes, eyes

    Bb                     Gm   F Dm
I need you here to calm me   do---wn

  Eb                       Gm   F  Dm
I need you here to calm me   do----wn
[Chorus]
  Eb                      Gm    F  Dm
I need you here to calm me   do----wn

  Eb                       Gm   F  Dm
I need you here to calm me   do----wn

  Eb                    Gm
I don't know if I can stay strong

     F
Hold on, for too long

     Dm
I've been lost

  Eb                      Gm     F    Dm
I need you here to calm me   do-------wn
[Post-Chorus]
  Eb                        Gm
I need you here to calm me

F         Dm
Down, down

  Eb                       Gm 
I need you here to calm me

F          Dm
Down, down

  Eb  
I need you here to calm me
[Outro] |Gm F |Dm Eb | X2