Going Down

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - going down a neutral milk hotel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tabbed by : nolanwalker93 E - mail : nolanwalker93@gmail . com tuning : standard ( eadgbe ) if i know jeff mangum like i think i do , this guy hardly ever changes tuning for any of his songs . going down is no exception . i may be off with some of the strumming here , but this sounds pretty damn accurate to me : chords used : Em G A E E D D E | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - 9 - - - | | - - - - - - | | - - 7 - - - | D | - - 2 - - - | | - - 5 - - - | | - - 7 - - - | | - - 14 - - | or | - - 9 - - - | | - - 12 - - | or | - - 7 - - - | A | - - 2 - - - | | - - 5 - - - | | - - 7 - - - | | - - 14 - - | | - - 7 - - - | | - - 12 - - | | - - 5 - - - | E | - - 0 - - - | | - - 3 - - - | | - - 5 - - - | | - - 12 - - | | - - x - - - | | - - 10 - - | | - - x - - - | main riff : this is actually the trickiest part of this song . this is the closest i could come to it , and while it isn’t 100% , its still pretty spot on : v E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - 2 - - - - - - - - 0 - 0 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 2p0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | A | - 2 - - - 0h2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2p0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | don’t be afraid to hit the E string while playing any singular notes . main riff plays throughout Verse : i crush the world i was in will i destroy the world i will find? i’ll work the tools with my hands i’ll stick the needles in my eyes Chorus : E and in my celebration D you are by my side A Em G Em and now i’m going down E and through the complications D something inside me died A Em G Em and now i’m going down back to main riff for the next Verse : bring down the sky with my tears dig up the earth with my hands take a look inside of my head maybe then you could understand repeat Chorus x1 Bridge : Em , A , Em , A ( to get that momentary bassy note on the a chord , lift your finger quick off the E string while playing it at whatever time seems fit ) Em so long again , my friend A Em A i guess it’s time that i should let you know Em these things , they come around A Em A i guess they just get hard to let them go Em you wait around a while A Em A you’ll never seem to find that faith in me Em you close your eyes and smile A Em A forever i will be go back to main riff i know the way and i will go i know the way and i will find it’s all around me and i told you so i’ll wait around and hear , "goodbye" last Chorus , slightly longer : and in my celebration you are by my side and now i’m going down and through the complications something inside me died and now i’m going down E and all the big decisions D we never could decide A Em G Em and now i’m going down and in my celebration you are by my side and now i’m going down the last part is pretty hard to make out , since it does that weird audio clip out , but i’m pretty sure its just slowing down on Em , maybe throwing G in there towards the end . and hopefully that’s about it . if you’re wondering about the title , it is referred to by fans by two diffrerent titles : "now i’m going down" and "going down" . i chose to title it "going down" because that is how i have always referred to it . very simple song , very fun to play . long live nmh! : ) key : | h hammer - on | p pull - off