If I know Jeff Mangum like I think I do, this guy hardly ever changes tuning for any of 
his songs. Going Down is no exception. I may be off with some of the strumming here, but 
this sounds pretty damn accurate to me: 

CHORDS USED: 
    Em       G        A        E           E         D           D 
e|------| |------| |------| |------|    |------|  |------|    |------| 
B|------| |------| |------| |------|    |------|  |------|    |------| 
G|------| |------| |------| |------|    |--9---|  |------|    |--7---| 
D|--2---| |--5---| |--7---| |--14--| OR |--9---|  |--12--| OR |--7---| 
A|--2---| |--5---| |--7---| |--14--|    |--7---|  |--12--|    |--5---| 
E|--0---| |--3---| |--5---| |--12--|    |--X---|  |--10--|    |--X---| 

Main Riff: 

This is actually the trickiest part of this song. This is the closest I could come to 
it, and while it isn't 100%, its still pretty spot on: 

 

    
        Abrir tablatura
        
    
    
   v 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-2--------0-0-2-2-2-2-2p0-------------------------------------------------| 
A|-2---0h2------------------2p0---------------------------------------------| 
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
Don't be afraid to hit the E string while playing any singular notes. 

Main riff plays throughout Verse: 

I crush the world I was in 
Will I destroy the world I will find? 
I'll work the tools with my hands 
I'll stick the needles in my eyes 

Chorus: 

E 
And in my celebration 

D 
You are by my side 

A                Em G Em 
And now I'm going down 


E 
And through the complications 

D 
Something inside me died 

A                Em G Em 
And now I'm going down 

Back to MAIN RIFF for the next Verse: 

Bring down the sky with my tears 
Dig up the earth with my hands 
Take a look inside of my head 
Maybe then you could understand 

Repeat Chorus x1 

Bridge: 

Em, A, Em, A (To get that momentary bassy note on the A chord, lift your finger quick 
off the E string while playing it at whatever time seems fit) 

Em 
So long again, my friend 

A                                       Em     A 
I guess it's time that I should let you know 

Em 
These things, they come around 

A                                  Em           A 
I guess they just get hard to let them go 

Em 
You wait around a while 

A                                    Em          A 
You'll never seem to find that faith in me 

Em 
You close your eyes and smile 

A             Em   A 
Forever I will be 

Go back to MAIN RIFF 

I know the way and I will go 
I know the way and I will find 
It's all around me and I told you so 
I'll wait around and hear, "Goodbye" 

Last Chorus, slightly longer: 

And in my celebration 
You are by my side 
And now I'm going down 
And through the complications 
Something inside me died 
And now I'm going down 

E 
And all the big decisions 
D 
We never could decide 
A                 Em G Em 
And now I'm going down 

And in my celebration 
You are by my side 
And now I'm going down 

The last part is pretty hard to make out, since it does that weird audio clip out, but 
I'm pretty sure its just slowing down on Em, maybe throwing G in there towards the end. 

And hopefully that's about it. If you're wondering about the title, it is referred to by 
fans by two diffrerent titles: "Now I'm Going Down" and "Going Down". I chose to title 
it "Going Down" because that is how I have always referred to it. Very simple song, very  
fun to play. Long live NMH! :) 

Key: 
| H   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off