Chords/Tabulature for
Don't Let It Bring You Down

Submitted by: Richie Hand (r.hand@genie.geis.com)

Notes about this song:

• Not checked in detail.
• Richie's comments follow...
• This came partially from the Broken Arrow publication, and partly my refinements.
• The BBC video is a good guide to figuring out this great tune.
• If you have a good instrument, you can hear the deep note that I have added (C4) which gives an eerie mood to the song. I'm convinced that it is played that way.
• Guitar tuned to open C (C G C F A C)
• Chords shown are for D tuning.

Chords:
           DM                  C                  C4
      O O O 1 3 O         O 3 2 O 1 O         O 3 2 O 1 O
 1    | | | | | | |       | | | | |0| |       | | | | |0| |
 2    | | | |0| | |       | | |0| | | |       | | | | | | |
 3    | | | | |0| |       | |0| | | | |       |0|0| | | | |
 4    | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |
 5    | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |

           FM                  GM                 Bb
      O O O 1 3 O         O O O 1 3 O         O 3 4 2 1 O
 5    | | | |0| | | 5th   | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |
 6    | | | | |0| |       | | | | | | |       | | | | |0| | 6th
 7    | | | | | | |       | | | |0| | | 7th   | | | |0| | |
 8    | | | | | | |       | | | | |0| |       | |0|0| | | |
 9    | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |

           G7                 Em(7)                G
      3 4 O O 1 1         O 2 3 O(4)O         3 4 O O 1 O
 1    | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |
 2    | | | | | | |       | |0|0| | | |       | | | | | | |
 3    | | | | |0|0|       | | | | |o| |       | | | | |0| |
 4    | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |       | | | | | | |
 5    |0|0| | | | |       | | | | | | |       |0|0| | | | |

          Am7                                      D
      O 3 4 1-1-1                             O O O 1 3 4
 5    | | | |0|0|0| 5th                  1    | | | | | | |
 6    | | | | | | |                      2    | | | |0| | |
 7    | |0|0| | | |                      3    | | | | |0| |
 8    | | | | | | |                      4    | | | | | |0|
 9    | | | | | | |                      5    | | | | | | |

 DM, FM, & GM refer to modal chords as shown in chart.

 H7 & H12 (down below, but not shown above) are harmonics played
 at their respective positions on the 1st four strings.

 Em in the song is actually Em7 anyway, although I don't hear
 double D in the 4-Way Street version, which is where this
 transcription came from.

     DM       CM             DM       C4
 1,2  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  / (repeat)

     DM
 1A   Old Man sittin' by the side of the road with the
 1B   Cold wind rippin' down the alley at dawn and the
 2A   Blind man runnin' through the light of the night with an
 2B   Red lights flashin' through the window in the rain and you

     FM
 1A   lorries rollin' by,
 1B   mornin' paper flies
 2A   answer in his hand
 2B   hear the siren moan

     GM
 1A   Blue moon sinkin' from the weight of the load and the
 1B   Dead man lyin' by the side of the road with the
 2A   Come on down to the river of sight and you can
 2B   White cane lyin' in a gutter in the lane if you're

     Bb                     Am7                G7
 1A   Buildings scrape the   sky. (to 1B)
 1B   daylight  in     his   eyes. Don't let it bring you down
 2A   really           under stand (to 2B)
 2B   walkin'          home  alone Don't let it bring you down

                       C4                          Em(7)
 1,2  It's only castles burning,  find someone whos turning,

                         DM (repeat intro, then to 2,3)
 1,2  And you will come around. (only DM,CM,DM before 3)

                            D                        G
 3    Don't let it bring you down.  It's only castles burning..
                             Em(7)
 3    Just find someone who's turning.. And you will come

     H7          H12         H7          H12
     /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /  /)
 3    around.