Let Down was inspired by Thom Yorkes disillusionment with the touring lifestyle and the alienation brought on by commercial success. The song was written during the tour for the album The Bends in 1996.
Key: A
Introduction:
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A
Transport
E
Motorways and tramlines
F#m
Starting and then stopping
E
Takin' off and landing
A
The emptiest of feelings
E
Disapointed people
F#m
Clingin' on to bottles
E
And when it comes it's so so disapointing
D
D2
A
D/F#
Let down and hangin' around
D
D2
A
D/F#
Crushed like a bug in the ground
D
D2
A
D/F#
E
A
Let down and hangin' around
A
Shell smashed, juices flowin'
E
Wings twitch, legs are goin'
F#m
Don't get sentimental
E
It always ends up drivel
A
E
One day I am gonna grow wings
F#m
A chemical reaction
E
Hysterical and useless Hysterical and
D
D2
A
D/F#
Let down and hangin' around
D
D2
A
D/F#
Crushed like a bug in the ground
D
D2
A
D/F#
E
Let down and hangin' around
A4
Let down
A4
Let down
A4
Let down
A4
Let down
A
E
You know, you know where you are with
F#m
You know where you are with
E
Floor collapsing, fallin'
A
E
Bouncing back and one day (One day I am gonna grow wings)
F#m
You know where you are (A chemical ------------ reaction)
E
You know where you are (Hysterical and ---------- useless)