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Been Down So Long Tab

by Doors


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			 BEEN DOWN SO LONG - The Doors
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Tuning: Standard


Bassline's kinda always the same except there are some variants. Just listen to 
the song to find them and improvise something
On guitar solos, just follow the form of the verse


(this riff is not present in the first verse)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-3--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-3----------------------|

Well I've Been
Down  so  goddamn  long          That it looks like up to me
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------5--7--5-------------------------------|
E|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-3--0--0--7----------7--5-------------------------|


G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-3--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-3----------------------|

Well I've been
Down so very damn long          That it looks like up to me
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------5--7--5---------------------------------|
E|---5--5--5--5--5--5--3--4--5--5--7----------7--5---------------------------|


G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-3--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-3----------------------|

Yeah, Why don't one you people     C'mon, and set me free
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D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

This is it.. don't mind the lyrics for the other verses

Outro :
     C'mon, C'mon, C'mon and set me free
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|----7-7/---7-7/---7-7/----| Finish it the want you want it


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note