Let Down fue inspirada por el desencanto de Thom Yorke con el estilo de vida en gira y la alienación provocada por el éxito comercial. La canción fue escrita durante la gira del álbum The Bends en 1996.
Tono: A
Introducción:
A
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)