The Clash – Im Not Down (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] A C#m F#m B (x2)
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D|-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4--12-12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11-11--14-14--|
A|-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4--12-12-12-12-12--11-11-11-11-11--14-14--|
E|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2--10-10-10-10-10--9--9--9--9--9---12-12--|
[Verse]
        A                            F#m E
If it's true that a rich man leads a sad life

                 C#m             D
That's what they say from day to day

     A                            F#m   E
Then what do all the poor do with their lives?

                C#m              D
Have nothing to say on Judgement Day?
[Chorus]
          A                  C#m
I've been beat up, I've been thrown out

            F#m           B
But I'm not down, I'm not down

          A                  C#m
I've been shown up, but I've grown up

            F#m           B
And I'm not down, I'm not down
[Verse]
      A                     F#m E              C#m      D
On my own I faced a gang of jeering in strange streets

        A
When my nerves were pumping and I

          F#m  E            C#m
Fought my fear in, I didn't run

          D
I was not done
[Chorus]
          A                  C#m
I've been beat up, I've been thrown out

            F#m           B
But I'm not down, I'm not down

          A                  C#m
I've been shown up, but I've grown up

            F#m           B
And I'm not down, I'm not down
[Bridge]
           A
And I have lived

             C#m
That kind of day

     E                    D
When none of your sorrows will go away

D
It goes down and down and hit the floor

C#m
Down and down and down some more

B
Depression

A                      C#m
But I know there'll be some way

     E                      D
When I can swing everything back my way

D
Like skyscrapers rising up

C#m                               B    E
Floor by floor, I'm not giving up
[Verse]
       A
So you rock around and think that

           F#m  E
You're the toughest

       C#m                    D
In the world, the whole wide world

           A
But you're streets away from where

            F#m  E
It gets the roughest

               C#m     D
You ain't been there
[Chorus]
          A                  C#m
I've been beat up, I've been thrown out

            F#m           B
But I'm not down, I'm not down

          A                  C#m
I've been shown up, but I've grown up

            F#m           B
And I'm not down, I'm not down
[Outro]
        F#m
I'm not down

        E
I'm not down