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Oh Wonder – Down Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsEm D C Am G BmD/F#

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[Verse 1]
Em                  D
..Where's the override?
                  C
Stop the rising tide
I need extra time
Em               D
..I'm a little life
                 C
In a desperate fight
To retrieve the light

[Pre-Chorus]
      Am
Everything is faded
C
I can feel myself going down

[Chorus]
G                              D
Down, down, down, down, down, down
C                              Am   C
Down, down, down, down, down, down....
Em                        D    C
Down, down, down, down, down, down
Bm
Down, down, down, down, down, down,
 Am
down, down, down, down, down

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[Verse 2]
Em                   D
..Where's the override?
                  C
Stop the rising tide
I need extra time
Em                  D
..Did we lose the line?
                 C
Is our love unblind
With the end in sight?

[Pre-Chorus]
      Am
Everything is faded
C
I can feel myself going down

[Chorus]
G                              D
Down, down, down, down, down, down
C                              Am   C
Down, down, down, down, down, down....
Em                        D    C
Down, down, down, down, down, down
Bm
Down, down, down, down, down, down,
 Am
down, down, down, down, down

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[Bridge]
              C
Call it a disaster, call it what
     Bm
you like (Call it what you lik?)
                       Am
When sadness is your neighbour, there
ain't room for kind (Room for kind)
Bm             C
I can feel my body breaking all
       D
the blood (Blood, blood)
                 Em
Running out my fingers
               D/F#
Am I gonna get this?
                             C
Am I gonna get this right, right?
                              Bm
Am I gonna get this? (Right, right)
                             Am
Am I gonna get this right, right?
                                Bm
Am I gonna get this? Am I gonna get
               G
this right, right?
         C   Bm
Right, right....
(Am I gonna get this right?)
        Am   Bm
Right, right...
(Am I gonna get this right?)
C
..Am I gonna get this?
 D                          Em
Am I gonna get this right, right?
                D/F#
Am I gonna get this? Am I gonna
get this right, right?

[Interlude]
G    D    C    Am   Bm
.......................
Em   D    C   Bm  Am  Bm
.........................

[Chorus]
G                               D
Down, down, down, down, down, down
(Am I gonna get this right?)
C                              Am
Down, down, down, down, down, down
             C
(Am I gonna get this right?)
Em                        D    C
Down, down, down, down, down, down
(Am I gonna get this right?)
Bm                             Am
Down, down, down, down, down, down,
             Bm           G
down, down, down, down, down
(Am I gonna get this right, right?)

How to play Down: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Down by Oh Wonder on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Down by Oh Wonder is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 7 chords: Em, D, C, Am, G, Bm and D/F#.

Listen for C – Em – D – C (IV – vi – V – IV in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – lah – soh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.