Learn Music: Im Down guitar tab - Aerosmith tabs

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  #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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  I'm Down(Lennon/McCartney)
  
  As performed by Aerosmith on "Permanent Vacation"
  
  It sounds like one guitar plays straight barre chords 
  and the other plays them in this fashion:
     E----------------------------------------|
     B----------------------------------------|
     G----------------------------------------|
     D--------------------------5--7--5--7--5-|
     A--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--3--3--3--3--3-|
     E--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------------| etc...
  
     E--3----------|
     B--3----------|
     G--4---5---7--|
     D--5---5---7--|
     A--5---3---5--|
     E--3----------|
        G  C5  D5
  
                                            G
     You tellin lies thinking I can't see 
  
     You can't cry 'cos you're laughing at me
          C5
     I'm  down(I'm really down)
          G5
     I'm  down(down on the ground)
          C5
     I'm  down(I'm really down)
     C5   /   /   G5
     How can you laugh  when you know I'm down
  
     How can you laugh  when you know I'm down
  
     solo-
     E----------------------------------------|
     B----------------------------------------|
     G----------------------------------------|
     D--------3-----------------------3----3--|
     A----35---5---1-1---1-3-----35---5-----|
     E--3---------------3-------3-------------|
  
     E----------------------------------------|
     B----------------------------------------|
     G---------------------3----3-5b-5-5rp3-3-|
     D-5b--5-5rp3-3----3h5---5----------------|
     A--------------3-------------------------|
     E----------------------------------------|
                [alternate bends from full to half]
     E----------------------------------------|
     B----------------------------------------|
     G------3-----5b-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5r-3|
     D-5--5---5-------------------------------|
     A----------------------------------------|
     E----------------------------------------|
                                 else
     E--------------------------|-------------|
     B--------------------------|-------------|
     G--------------------------|-------------|
     D-5--------------3---------|-----------5-|
     A-------1-3--35---5-3-1---|-----------5-|
     E-----3------------------3-|-----1b-r--3-|
  
  The chord progression for the next verse is the same as 
  above. During the piano solo the chord progression is 
  G-C-G-D-C-G(etc...)
  
  I transcribed this directly from the cd without using 
  the Beatles version as a reference. The Beatles version
  sounds very similar, though, and there's a professional
  transcription for it. If you want to check it out
  it's included in "The Beatles Complete Scores" from Hal
  Leonard(By the way, if you're a big Beatles fan like I 
  am, this book is a "must have" anyway). You can get it 
  from Music Dispatch(the number is in the "professional
  transcription" section of this page) for about $60.
  
  Transcribed by Bryson Meunier(meunier.1@osu.edu)
  
  Symbols used in transcription:
   = slide
  b = bend
  r = release
  h = hammer-on
  p = pull-off
  
   
  

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