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David Bowie – Dont Let Me Down And Down Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Gmaj7 Em Gmaj7 Em
Gmaj7 Em Bm Cmaj7 C

[Verse 1]
D                         D7sus
Still I keep my love for you
D                           D7sus
No place to hide no way to fall
G                 Bb
Nowhere to lie no world so wide

[Chorus]
    G                Bb
I'm sick and tired of telling you
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down

[Verse 2]
Am7
I know there's something
          D7sus
in the wind
     D                      D7sus
That crazy balance of my mind
     D                         D7sus
What kind of fool are you and I?
G                   Bb
Scared to death and tell me why

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[Chorus]
    G                 Bb
I'm sick and tired of telling you
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down

[Interlude]
Am7                      D7sus
Still I keep my love for you

G Em G Em G Em Bm Cmaj7

[Verse 3]
D                         D7sus
You made a date with destiny
D                     D7sus
You jog-jog in my memory
G                  Bb
You haunt in mind not fade away

[Chorus]
    G                  Bb
I'm sick and tired of telling you
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down
      D
I'm sick and tired
   G              Em C
of telling you

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[Verse 1]
Am7                       D7sus
Still I keep my love for you
    D                      D7sus
No place to hide no way to fall
    D                      D7sus
Nowhere to lie no world so wide

[Chorus]
    G
I'm sick and tired
   Bb           G Bb
of telling you
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down
      D
Don't let me down
    G              Em C
and down and down

[Outro]
D               G         Em C
Still I keep my love for you
D            G
Don't let me down
     Em       C
and down and down
D                   G         Em
I'm sick and tired of telling you
C
Don't let me down
D                    G  Em
   Don't let me down
C
Don't let me down
D          G       Em
Nowhere to hide no way to fall
C               D        G
Still I keep my love for you
Em                       C
    Still I keep my love for you
D G Em

How to play Dont Let Me Down And Down: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Dont Let Me Down And Down by David Bowie on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Dont Let Me Down And Down by David Bowie keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 10 chords: Gmaj7, Em, Bm, Cmaj7, C, D, D7sus, G, Bb and Am7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – G – Em – C (V – I – vi – IV in G major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – lah – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Bm, D7sus and Bb are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.