• Song:

    You Cant Bring Me Down

  • Artist:

    Suicidal Tendencies

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From: johno@Deakin.Edu.Au (Matthew Johnson)

      Suicidal Tendencies - You can't bring me down

This covers a fair bit of the song but most of rocky's stuff is 
beyond me. 
This tabbing has absolutely no indication of timing - if you're not 
sure you'll just have to listen to the song 


intro - slow (with heaps of vibrato)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b--5------------12-------------8-----------15-----------11--------
g-----------------------------------------------------------------


e-----------------0-----------------
b-----------3---2---2------0---0----
g---------0---0-------0--3---3------
d-------2---------------------------
a-----2-----------------------------
e---0-------------------------------

e-----------0-------------0---------------0-----------------------
b-------0-----0---3---0-----0---------0-----0---3---1-0-----------
g-----0---0-----0---0---0-----0-----0---0-----0---0-----2-0-------
d-------------------------------2---------------------------2-0---
a---3-----------------------------0-------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------0---5---3-2^3^2-----------------0---------------------
b---------0-----------------3-------0-3---------------------------
g-------0-----0---0---------------0-----0-------------------------
d-----2-------------------------2---------2-----------------------
a---3-------------------------0-----------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------0---------------------
b-----------3---2---------------------3---2---2-----0---0---------
g---------0---0---------------------0---0-------0-3---3-----------
d-------2-------------------------2-------------------------------
a-----2-------------------------2---------------------------------
e---0-------------------------0-----------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------0---------------0-
b-----------3---2-------------------------3---2---2-----0-------0-
g---------0---0-------------------------0---0-------0-3---3-0---0-
d-------2-------------------------------------------------------2-
a-----2---------------------------------------------------------2-
e---0-----------------------------------------------------------0-

rake last Em chord from high to low 

approximation to part of the slow solo at the start - most of these
notes are in the right place.
question marks indicate unknown harmonics or feedback

b--------15^(17)--13--12--13-13-12^13^12--------------------------
g---/9------------------------------------14-12\11-11^12----------
                                                        

e------------------------------------------------17^(19)----------
b------------------7-8/10------15^(17)---(17)---------------------
g--/4-4^5/7/9-9-----------9---------------------------------------


b--15^(17)-15-----------------------------15^(17)^-15-------------
g-------------14^(16)-14^12-12-^14^12\9---------------------------


         (hold)  fdbk       dive with whammy
b--15^(17)--?-----------------------------------------------------


Now some good distortion and mute those chunks
g---------------------------------------------2-------------------
d---2-------------5-------------2-------------2-------------2-----
a---2-------------5-------------2-------------0------0--0-0-2-----
e---0------0--0-0-3------3--3-3-0------0--0-0---------------0-----

d----------5-------------2-------------3--------------------------
a----------5-------------2-------------3--------------------------
e---0--0-0-3------3--3-3-0------0--0-0-1--------------------------


main riff bits
     |----------------------------x2
d--------------------------------------
a--2-------------------------------3---
e--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--3^5--x-x-3^5--x-1---

g---------------------------------0-----------
d---------------------------------0-----------
a---------------------------------------3---5-
e----0-0-0-0-0-0--3^5--x-x-3^5--x-3-----1-113-


a---2-------------5-------------4-------------3-------------2-----
e---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-----


d--------------9--7--6---6-x-x--5-5---5---------------------------
a--------------7--5--4---4-x-x--3-3-x-3\2-------------------------
e--0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------3-2-0-------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b------3-------0-------0-------0----------------------------------
g----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------
d--2--------------------------------------------------------------
a----------5-------4-------3--------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g--9-----9-----7-----7-----6-----6-----5--------------------------
d--9-----9-----7-----7-----6-----6-----5--------------------------
a--7-----7-----5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2------------------
e----0-0---0-0-----------------------------------3-2--------------
                                         
This bit cuts in on the end of that last one 
you'll figure it out.
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g--5-----------------------4-----4-----4-----4-----5-5-5\4-5--8---
d--5---4-5-----5-----5-4-5-4-----4-----4-----4-----5-5-5\4-5--8---
a--3---4-5-----5-----5-4-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3\2-3--6---
e----0-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3----------------------------------------


Matthew Johnson.
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