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HAIM – I’ve Been Down Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA B E C#m

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[Intro]
A  B  E

[Verse 1]
          A
I've been running around town
Feeling up and down
                     B
Taped up the windows at the house
            E
But I ain’t dead yet
               A
Would you even pick me out in the crowd?

'Cause I can't recognize myself now
                  B
And I'm turning away help
       E
Can you pull me out?

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[Chorus]
          A
I've been down
          B  E
I've been down

[Verse 2]
              A
You say there's no stupid questions
Only stupid people
               B
Well I've been feeling pretty foolish
              E
Trying to get myself through this
              A
And I’ve been watching too much TV
Looking up at the ceiling
                 B
It’s been making me feel creepy
                   E
I’m just trying to shake this feeling

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[Chorus]
          A
I've been down
          B  E
I've been down
          A
I've been down (Come on, 
come on, come on, come on, come on, baby)
                    B        
Can you help me out? (Come on,
                           E
 come on, come on, come on)

[Verse 3]
C#m         A            B
 I'm waking up at night, tiktok, 
 killing time
        E
A little moonlight 
coming through the blinds
C#m                 A               B
 The love of my life sleeping by my side
E
 But I'm still down

[Bridge]
             C#m        A
I think that we need to come together
             B          E
I think that we need to come together
 (You know I'm down)
             C#m        A
I think that we need to come together
             B          E
I think that we need to come together
 (You know I'm down)

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[Chorus]
          A
I've been down
          B  E
I've been down
          A
I've been down
                    B  E
Can you help me out?
       A
I feel down 
(Come on, come on, 
come on, come on, come on baby)
       B                      
I feel down (Come on, come on,
                             E
 come on, come on, come on, honey)
       A
I feel down (Come on, come on,
 come on, come on, come on baby)
                    B                  
Can you help me out? (Come on, come on,
                             E
 come on, come on, come on, honey)

[Outro]
A  B  E  x2

How to play I’ve Been Down: key, chords and progression

This is the chord progression of I’ve Been Down by HAIM on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

I’ve Been Down by HAIM is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 4 chords: A, B, E and C#m.

The progression the song keeps returning to is A – B – E – A (IV – V – I – IV in E major). In solfa, that is fah – soh – doh – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, A, D, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.