John Lennon - Going Down On Love Chords & Tabs

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                Going Down On Love - John Lennon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

John Lennon
Going Down On Love (1974)
(John Lennon)

From: "Walls and Bridges"

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RIFF 
 [F#m]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----2-4br-------|----2-----------|----2-4br-2-----|----2-----------|
G|2-4-2-4br-------|2-4-2-4~--------|2-4-2-4br-2-4---|2-4-2-4~--------|
D|2-4-------------|2-4---4~--------|2-4-------p-4---|2-4---4~--------|
A|----------------|----------------|------------h---|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

LINK
 [E?]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|9-7---9-7---9-7-|----------------|
D|9-7-9-9-7-9-9-7-|9---------------|
A|----9-----9-----|9---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE/CODA
  Bm7              E(7)             Bm7              E(7)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----107---7---7-|5-----3---5-7-9-|----107---7---7-|5-----3---5-7-9-|
G|----7-7-9-7-9-7-|6-----4---6-7-9-|----7-7-9-7-9-7-|6-----4---6-7-9-|
D|9-------9---9---|----------------|9-------9---9---|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

| br  Bend release
| ~   vibrato
| p   pull-off
| H   hammer-on

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[F#m] RIFF (see above)
Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/john_lennon/going_down_on_love_crd.html ]
E
  Do do do do 
E                     E [break]
  Do do do do ooh ooh ooh


              F#m
Going down on love
A                F#m
   Going down on love
A                    F#7
   Going down, going down, going down


B
 When the real thing goes wrong
B
 And you can't get it on
B
 And your love she has gone
B
 And you got to carry on
B
 And you shoot out the light
B
 Ain't coming home for the night
B             [E?] LINK                      [break]
 You know you got to, got to, got to pay the price


A                              F#m
  Somebody please, please help me
A                            F#m             A
  You know I'm drowning in a sea of hatred


[F#m] RIFF (see above)
Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees


INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE (see above)
| Bm7 | E(7) | Bm7 | E(7) | 


E
  Do do do do 
E                     E [break]
  Do do do do ooh ooh ooh


              F#m
Going down on love
A                F#m
   Going down on love
A                    F#7
   Going down, going down, going down


B
 Something precious and rare
B
 Disappears in thin air
B
 And it seems so unfair
B
 Nothing doin' nowhere
B
 Well you burn all your boats
B
 And you sow your wild oats
B         LINK [E?]                            [break]
 Well you know, you know, you know the price is right


[F#m] RIFF (see above)
Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees
[F#m] RIFF (see above)
Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees
[F#m] RIFF (see above)
Got to get down, down on my knees
Got to get down, down on my knees


INSTRUMENTAL CODA (see above)
| Bm7 | E(7) | Bm7 | E(7) | 
| Bm7 | E(7) | Bm7 | E(7) | 

(repeat and fade)