Blue October - Been Down

this is how i play the song on acoustic guitar . it can be a challenge in the G F G
Am part – the g’s are played really quickly ( it follows the violin on the song . )
you can leave them out for simple strumming . anything in parenthesis can be left
out for the sake of simplicity .

no capo
standard tuning

Gadd4 : ( 320013 ) or ( 32001x )

[ intro : ] C – Fmaj7

[ verse : ]
C Fmaj7
i dreamt you seduced me just to walk away
C Fmaj7
i dreamt you inspired then rewired what i say
C Fmaj7
i dreamt you spread your bottom wings and pulled me to the bed
C Fmaj7
but then i woke up feeling nauseous , you danced around my head

[ chorus : ]
F G Am
tell me
G F G Am
how long , how long have i been down?
G F G Am
how long , how long have i been down?
G ( Gadd4 ) G
how long , how long have i been down , down , down?

[ verse : ]
C Fmaj7
i dreamt you burned my fingers yes an automatic sting
C Fmaj7
i dreamt you called me beautiful then asked to hear me sing
C Fmaj7
i dreamt you sat , invited me to crawl within your space
C Fmaj7
but then i woke up feeling nauseous , girl you danced around my face

[ chorus : ]
F G Am
tell me
G F G Am
how long , how long have you been down?
G F G Am
how long , how long have you been down?
G ( Gadd4 ) G
how long , how long have you been down , down , down?

[ bridge : ]
F G Am
why can’t we work when we both try? we try , we try , we try , we try .
F G Am
why can’t this work , when we both try?
F G Am
why can’t it work when we both try? we try , we try , we try
F G
how we try . . .
F G F
and how we try . . .

[ interlude : ] C – Fmaj7 ( x3 )

[ verse : ]
C Fmaj7
i meant to sympathize i meant to be a friend
C Fmaj7
i know apologizing won’t erase the end
C Fmaj7
but i learn that moving on , is where i must begin
C
because when our colors mixed
Fmaj7
we couldn’t fix the way they wouldn’t blend

[ chorus : ]
F G Am
so tell me
G F G Am
how long , how long have we been down?
G F G Am
how long , how long have we been down?
G ( Gadd4 ) G
how long , how long have we been down , down , down?

[ bridge : ]
F G Am
and i wish that only greatness follow you around
( G ) F G Am
i hope to god , you find a way to keep from down
( G ) F G Am
when you do i hope you share it all with me
G ( Gadd4 ) G
please try to understand ,
F G Am
yeah to understand me
( G ) F G Am ( G ) F G Am
just try to understand me , yeah understand me
G ( Gadd4 ) G
how long , how long have we been down down , down , yeah

[ outro : ]
F G Am