Don't Let Me Down

Words & Music

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

C    F    C  [first vox note = E]

 

CHORUS:

[n.c.]       Dm7   Dm9/G         C

Don't let me down, don't let me down.

[n.c.]       Dm7   Dm9/G         C

Don't let me down, don't let me down.

 

[n.c.]                        Dm7             Dm7/G          C

Nobody ever loved me like she does.  Ooo, she does, yes, she does.

[n.c.]                            Dm7              Dm7/G           C

And if somebody loved me like she do me.  Ooo, she do me, yes, she does.

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:

[n.c.]              C                                     G

I'm in love for the first time. Don't you know it's gonna last?

                          G7                             C

It's a love that lasts forever.  It's a love that had no past.

 

CHORUS:

 

And from the first time that she really done me.

Ooo, she done me, she done me good.

I guess nobody ever really done me.

Ooo, she done me, she done me good.

 

CHORUS:

 

 

Lick for [n.c.] section at beginning of chorus:

  "Don't     let  me  down..."

B  3 h.o. 5  3        [to Dm7 chord on "down"]

G  5              5

 

Lick for [n.c.] section at beginning of verses [even eighth notes with vox]:

      "Nobody ever loved me like she...

E |---------------------------------|

B |-----------1---------------------|

G |------0--2----2—-0---------------|to Dm7 on "...does"

D |--r—2-----------------2—-0-------|

A |------------------------------3--|

E |---------------------------------|





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