Cardiacs – Downup (Guitar)

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[Intro] D D/C D/A D/B D/A# D/C D D/C D/A D/B D/A# D/C [Chorus]
G#         B
Get it on, pull it off again

D             A            C#
tear it down, turn around, ring it in

G#             B
wring 'em out, put 'em on again

D            A             C#
spin 'em in, tear it down, cough it up

A              C
choke it down, fuck it up again

D#         A#           D
suck it up with a grin, cut it down
[Transition] D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C [Verse 1]
F       Am     D
  Loves like a bug

F       Am           D
  Lived careless but honestly

A      E        G#               C# B
  Life fearless would it hit, it fo-ound

B        A     E  A  E
Count us down

F      Am      D
  This careful love

F      Am            D
  Cack-handed Missus on a swizz

A       E              G#            C# B
  Let’s build it in to get it on the wo-orld

B       A         E     A  E
Left to grow an i-deal
[Transition] D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C [Verse 2]
F      Am      D
  Love casts a glow

F      Am            D
  Lays tracks upon a raging sea

A    E          G#              C#      B
  In fear he ad-mits he’s got a dungeon full

B          A    E  A  E
All of his own

F   Am          D
  I stared them down

F       Am       D
  Loose chemical qualities

A      E         G#             C#    B
  Live theoried, it’s-a-getting far a-blown

B      A          E      A  E
On its own little fears
[Transition] D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C [Chorus]
G#         B
Get it on, pull it off again

D             A            C#
tear it down, turn around, ring it in

G#             B
wring 'em out, put 'em on again

D            A             C#
spin 'em in, tear it down, cough it up

A              C
choke it down, fuck it up again

D#             A#          D
make it drown, suck it up, cut it down
[Transition] D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C [Verse 3]
F   Am       D
  A sit down bug

F      Am          D
  Well scared they ballast, he’s

A     E                       G#              C# B
  Kid stripped them, what you saying? Cut 'em a- all!

B       A             E         A            E
Cut the ground with i-deas, all wall without tears, oh
[Transition] D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C [Chorus]
G#         B
Get it on, pull it off again

D             A            C#
tear it down, turn around, ring it in

G#             B
wring 'em out, put 'em on again

D            A             C#
spin 'em in, tear it down, dig it up

A              C
stamp it down, fuck it up again

D#          A#           D
sick it up, cut it down, to the ground
[Guitar Solo] D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C D D/C D D/B D/A# D/C D# D#/C# D# D#/C D#/B D#/C# D# D#/C# D# D#/C D#/B D#/C# [Chorus]
A           C
Getting on, put it off again

D#            A#           D
tear it down, turn around, ring it in

A              C
wring 'em out, put 'em on again

D#          A#            D
spin it in, tear it down, cough it up

A#             C#
choke it down, slice it up again

E           B           D#
suck it up, cut it down with a grin

A#         C#
Get it on, dig it up again

E             B            D#
tear it down, turn around, ring it in

B            D
cut it down, put it on again

F            C             E
cough it up, tear it down, to the ground
[Outro to fadeout] E E/D E E/C# E/C E/D E E/D E E/C# E/C E/D E E/D E E/C# E/C E/D E E/D E E/C# E/C E/D