Going Down on Love - John Lennon

Going Down on Love

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Going down on [F#m]love, [C#m] going down on [F#m]love,
[A] going down, going [F#7]down, going down.
[B7] When the real thing goes wrong [E]
[B7] and you can't get it on. [E]
[B7] And your love, she has gone [E]
[B7] And you got to carry on. [E]
[B7] And you shoot out the light,
ain't coming home for the night,
You know you [E7]got to, got to, got to pay the price.
[A]Somebody please, please help [F#m]me.
[A] you know I'm drowning in a [F#m] sea of hatred. [A]
I [A5]got to get down, down on my knees.
Got to get down, down on my knees.
[Bm7 E Bm7 E]
Doot doo doo doot, doot doo doo doo.
Going down on [F#m]love, [C#m] going down on [F#m]love,
[A] going down, going [F#7]down, going down.
 
[B7] Something precious and rare [E]
[B7] disappears in thin air. [E]
[B7] And it seems so unfair, [E]
[B7] nothing doin' nowhere. [E]
[B7] Well, you burn all your boats,
and you sow your wild oats,
Well, you [E7]know, you know, you know the price is right.
[A5]Got to get down, down on my knees.
Got to get down, down on my knees.
[A5]Got to get down, down on my knees.
Got to get down, down on my knees. (Oh!)
[Bm7 E] Repeat and fade.
 
----------------- Acordes -----------------
Bm7 = X 2 4 2 3 2
E = 0 2 2 1 0 0

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