Going Down Chords by Donny Hathaway

Two, three, four, [G] five.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _
[Dm] _ _ [G] Feeling [D] young, _ [G] _
[E] feeling proud, [G] _ _ [E] being happy, _ [G] singing [E] [Dm] loud.
[G] _ _
If you [Em] had any idea of where [G] I'm coming from,
_ _ maybe [Em] you might try [G] to get yourself [E] some.
[Dm] _ [Gm] Oh, [Bb] now, _
_ [C] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] oh, [Bb] now, _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ I used to [C] go to [E] church [G]
every [E] Sunday,
_ [G] _ _ [Em] talking about Christ and protest [G] and [Em] pastor getting [E] down. _ _
[G] _ Feeling bad [Em] for that [G] in church every [E] Sunday.
_ _ [G] _ It's [D] a reason [G] for what I'm doing [E] now.
_ [G] Mama used to [E] tell me, [G] sing the blues while I sing. _ _
_ Parkinson's used to come over and play it every [E] weekend.
_ [G] _ Mama [Em] would get so mad, [G] but it sounds so [E] sweet.
_ [G] All the time I look around, that girl be patting her [Gm] feet.
_ [Bb] _
Going down, _ [C] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Gm] going [Bb] _ down.
[Db] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Moved on to Washington, where I got some fresh air. _ _
[Em] I was going to [G] college and school up by [E]
[C] now.
_ [G] Been [Em] out in the [D] basement, supposed
to [G] be practicing my lesson.
[Dm] _ [G] But as soon as the girls [Em] stick their head in the door,
[G] start playing the boogie [Em]-woogie now.
[Gm] _ [C] _ [G] _
Teacher [D] would come in [G] and say, listen, [E] Hathaway,
[C] _ [G] you and that girl [Em] can't be playing [G] that kind of music down here.
[Em] _ [E] _ [G] _ This is [Em] a school of [C] refinement [G] and academic [Em] achievement.
_ [G]
Then we would stay in school, so let me play the bass part.
Going [Bb] down, _ [Db] _ [Bb] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bb] going down. _
[C] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _