DOWN
As recorded by Blink 182
(From the 2003 Album BLINK-182)
Words and Music by Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker
Transcribed by KiCk@$$Rocker
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Guitar 1,2,3 Capo II
Intro
Q=196
A
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------o||
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------------||
||--7--7-7-x-x-7--|-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-|-7--7-7-x-x-7--|-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x---||
||o-x--x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x--x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--o||
||--5--5-5-x-x-5--|-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-5--5-5-x-x-5--|-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x---||
A
Gtrs I, II
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
||--7--7-7-x-x-7--|-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-|-7--7-7-x-x-7--|-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x--||
||o-x--x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x--x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-o||
||--5--5-5-x-x-5--|-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-5--5-5-x-x-5--|-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--||
Verse
A F#m C
Gtr III
E E E E +Q E E E Q. E Q. E E E E +Q E E E Q. E Q. 4x
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------||
||o------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------o||
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|----------------||
||--7-7-7-7-(7)--7-7-|-7-7----7-7----|-4-4-4-4-(4)--6-6-|-6-6----6-6-----||
||o-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0----|-0-0-0-0-(0)--0-0-|-0-0----0-0----o||
||--5-5-5-5-(5)--5-5-|-5-5----5-5----|-2-2-2-2-(2)--4-4-|-4-4----4-4-----||
Pre-Chorus
$
E5 F#5
Gtr IV Gtrs I, II
W +W Q. E Q Q +E E Q E E E E
|----------|------------||--------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------||--------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------||--------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------||-4----4-4--4--|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
|-2--------|-(2)--------||-4----4-4--4--|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||-2----2-2--2--|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2--|
E/Ab A5
Q. E Q Q +E E Q E E E E Q. E Q Q +E E Q E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-6----6-6--6--|-(6)-6-6--6-6-6-6-|-7----7-7--7--|-(7)-7-7--7-7-7-7--|
|-7----7-7--7--|-(7)-7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7----7-7--7--|-(7)-7-7--7-7-7-7--|
|-4----4-4--4--|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-5----5-5--5--|-(5)-5-5--5-5-5-5--|
E5 F#5
Q. E Q Q +E E Q E E E E Q. E Q Q +E E Q E E E E
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-2----2-2--2--|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-4----4-4--4--|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
|-2----2-2--2--|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-4----4-4--4--|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4-4--|
|-0----0-0--0--|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-2----2-2--2--|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2-2--|
E/Ab
Q. E Q Q +E E Q E E E E
|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|------------------||
|-6----6-6--6--|-(6)-6-6--6-6-6-6-||
|-7----7-7--7--|-(7)-7-7--7-7-7-7-||
|-4----4-4--4--|-(4)-4-4--4-4-4-4-||
Chorus
A
Gtr III
Q. E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
||----------------|-------------------|
||o---------------|-------------------|
||----------------|-------------------|
||--7----7-7-7-7--|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||o-0----0-0-0-0--|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||--5----5-5-5-5--|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D5
Q. E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-12----12-12-12-12--|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--|--(0)--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-10----10-10-10-10--|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A/C#
Q. E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-11----11-11-11-11--|-(11)-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--|--(0)--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--9-----9--9--9--9--|--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
To Coda
D5
Q. E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|-12----12-12-12-12--|-(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---||
|--0-----0--0--0--0--|--(0)--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--o||
|-10----10-10-10-10--|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---||
Interlude
A
Gtr I
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7--7-7-x-x-7--|-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x-|-7--7-7-x-x-7--|-7-7-x-x-7-7-x-x--|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x--x-x-x-x-x--|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
|-5--5-5-x-x-5--|-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x-|-5--5-5-x-x-5--|-5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--|
Verse
D.S. al Coda
B G# Bb
Gtr IV
> < <
W +W H. Q +W 4x
||-----------|------------|------------|----------||
||o----------|------------|------------|---------o||
||-----------|------------|------------|----------||
||--9--------|-(9)--------|-6-------8--|-(8)------||
||o----------|------------|------------|---------o||
||--7--------|-(7)--------|-4-------6--|-(6)------||
Outro
&
B5
Gtr IV
Q. Q E Q +E Q E Q Q Q. Q E Q +E Q E Q Q 4x
||------------7--|-(7)------7-----|-----------7--|-(7)------7------||
||o------7-------|-----7-------7--|------7-------|-----7-------7--o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
||--9-------9----|--------9-------|-9-------9----|--------9--------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------o||
||--7------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr III
| >
| W +W W W 4x
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|----------------o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------||
||--7------------|-(7)------------|--------------|-----------------||
||o-x------------|-(x)------------|--------------|----------------o||
||--5------------|-(5)------------|--------------|-----------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
