Band:  Scorpions
Album: Blackout
Song:  When The Smoke Is Going Down

Copyright (c)  (Harvest) (1982)
Version 1.0 - (12/07/06)

Transcribed By: Steve
Email:          stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com


.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h (x2444x@1)- hammer on           b (x24432@1)- Bend
p  - pull off            Suffixes for bend
t  - tap                 f (133111@1)- full bend    h- (x2444x@1)half bend
ph - pinched harmonic    q  - quarter bend t - tap bend
                         p  - pre bend
*  - see comment         ^  - Hold bend    r release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note         - harmonic

Tuning E A D G B E

 Clean guitar

|---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
|-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
|-------2---------------2-------2---|
|-0---------------------------------|
|-----------------1-------3---------|
|-----------------------------------| Rpt 6 X

 Guitar 1
[---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
[-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
[-------2---------------2-------2---|
[-0---------------------------------|
[-----------------1-------3---------|
[-----------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[-------------------------8---------|
[-------------------------10--------|
[-------------------------9---------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
            
[---1-------1-----0---0-----0-----0--|
[-----3-------3---------1-----1------|
[-------2-------2---------0-----0----|
[-0----------------------------------|
[-------------------3----------------|
[------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[-10---------------------------------|
[-10---------------------------------|
[-9----------------------------------|
[------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------|


|---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
|-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
|-------2---------------2-------2---|
|-0---------------------------------|
|-----------------1-------3---------|
|-----------------------------------|



             
|---1-------1-----0---0-----0-----0--|
|-----3-------3---------1-----1------|
|-------2-------2---------0-----0----|
|-0----------------------------------|
|-------------------3----------------|
|------------------------------------|


|---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
|-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
|-------2---------------2-------2---|
|-0---------------------------------|
|-----------------1-------3---------|
|-----------------------------------|

 Rpt above 3 X

 Chorus 

 Guitar 1 distorted                               ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------3------(3)----------------------|
[--------------------------------2------(3)----------------------|
[-2--------------(2)-------------0------(0)------8-------------x-|
[-0--------------(0)---------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[----------------------------------1-----1-----0---3-----3-------|
[---2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2------3-----3---------4-----4--/5-|
[-----2-----2-------2-----2------------2-----2---------3-----3/4-|
[-------2-----2-------2-----2------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
            
[---1-------1-----0---0-----0-----0--|
[-----3-------3---------1-----1------|
[-------2-------2---------0-----0----|
[-0----------------------------------|
[-------------------3----------------|
[------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[------------------------------------|
[-3----------------------------------|
[-2-----------------5----------------|
[-0---------------x-5----------------|
[-------------------3----------------|
[------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1
[---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
[-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
[-------2---------------2-------2---|
[-0---------------------------------|
[-----------------1-------3---------|
[-----------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[-----------------------------------|
[-3--------(3)----------------------|
[-2--------(2)----------------------|
[-0--------(0)----------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[Guitar 3 clean tone
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------13-----8-b-------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|


 Guitar 1
[---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
[-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
[-------2---------------2-------2---|
[-0---------------------------------|
[-----------------1-------3---------|
[-----------------------------------|
[Guitar 2
[-----------------------------------|
[-8br6------------13-----8b--------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|

 Rpt Verse guitar 2 plays the below

  D (xx0232@1)         A# (x1333x@1)    C (x32010@1)|-1-0-3-1-0-------1-0----------|
|-3-3-3-3---3-----------3------|
|-2-2-----------2---------2----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

    ~~~         ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------------------------|
|-13---------8b-------------8/10--------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

  D (xx0232@1)           A# (x1333x@1)    C (x32010@1)|-1-1-0-3-1-0-------1-0----------|
|-3-3-3-3-3---3-----------3------|
|-2-2-2-----------2---------2----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

    ~~~         ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------------------|
|-13---------8b-------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

 Rpt Chorus

 Clean solo
             h (x2444x@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">h                         h (x2444x@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">h
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-8b-----10-11-13--------------------10-11-13--15b---r----|
|------------------9-/10-------------------------------14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

                        ~~~~~                      ~~~~~~~~
|-----------15--------------------------------13--15b------r-------|
|-15-17-18------17------------------------17-----------------15-17-|
|------------------17--14------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

                              ~~~~~~     let notes ring out
|-17--18-20--20fb-21-20fb-21-20fb-------------10-------------|
|------------------------------------------------10----------|
|---------------------------------------------------10-------|
|------------------------------------------------------12----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------20-20-20-20-20-20------17-18-17-171513--15fb---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-8/10-----------------------------------------------|


|-pb15-r-13-12-13-13b--13-12--------|
|----------------------------15b----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

 Rpt Chorus


  D (xx0232@1)        A# (x1333x@1)      C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)|-----------------1-0---1------------3-1-0--------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3--------------3----3-3-3-3-3---3-13-----8-/10----8p6---|
|----2-2-2-2----2-----------2----2-2-2-2--------------------------7-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Guitar 1                                         h[---1-----3-1-0------1----------0---------------1-3------(3)--------| (x2444x@1)[-----3---------3-------3----------3----------3----------(3)--------|
[-------2------------------2----------2-----2------------(2)--------|
[-0---------------------------------------0--------------(0)--------|
[-----------------1-----------3-------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2                                         h[---------3-1-0---------------------------------1-3------(3)--------| (x2444x@1)[---3-3-3-3-3---3-----------------------------3----------(3)--------|
[-----2-2-2-2-------------------------------2------------(2)--------|
[-----------------------------------------0--------------(0)--------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|




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