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Bringing Me Down Tab

by Jefferson Airplane


Title: "Bringing Me Down"
Artist: Jefferson Airplane
Album: Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966)
Composer(s): Marty Balin, Paul Kantner
Instrument: 6-String Guitar

Part: Lead Guitar (Jorma Kaukonen)
Key:
w = wiggle string
~ = let ring/vibrato
^ = bend string
h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = Slide Up
(0) = Ghost Note

*Intro (0:00 - 0:21)

  0:00 - 0:07                                   0:18 - 0:21
e|-----------------------------|             e|---------------|
B|/3w---/3w---/3w-3w-3w-3w-3w--|             B|8^-6-6---------|
G|-----------------------------|             G|------7--------|
D|----0-----0-----------------0| < 0's are   D|-------7-------|
A|-----------------------------|   optional  A|--------3-5-5~-|
E|-----------------------------|             E|---------------|

*Verse (0:22 - 0:32)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----3--------------3--------------3--------------3---------|
A|5-5---0-3h5p5~-5-5---0-3h5p2~-5-5---0-0h3-5~-5-5---0-3p0-5-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
                                                |           |
                                              Hooks into chorus

*Chorus 1 (0:33-0:42) ["'Cause you're bringin' me down..."]
e|   ------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------3---5-3------------------3---5-3-----------3-|
D|------3-5-5---5-----5-3-0-3-5--3-5-5---5-----5-3-0-3-5---|
A|5-3-5----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
                                               |          |
                                           Hooks into Post-Chorus



*Post-Chorus (0:43 - 0:48) ["Get outta sight..."]
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|4-3-2-1---3-------|
A|--------5--5-3-3-5|
E|------------------|
*Verse (0:49 - 1:00)

Repeat Verse part

*Chorus (1:01 - 1:09)

Repeat Chorus 1 part

*Post-Chorus (1:10 - 1:14)

Repeat Post-Chorus part

*Solo (1:15 - 1:26)
e|---------------------------8---8-------------------------|
B|-------------8^-8-6-----8^---8---8-6------6--6--6----6---|
G|--5---5-7w~---------7~---------------7~--7--7--7--7-7--7-|
D|7---7----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
                                           |              |
                                          Hooks into Chorus

*Chorus 2 (1:27 - 1:34)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3-5-3---------5^-5-3-5--------3-5-3---3-5-3---3-5-3-|
D|5-------5-0-3-5----------5--5-5-------5-------5-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
                                                |      |
                                         Hooks into Post-Chorus

*Post-Chorus (1:35 - 1:41)
Repeat Post-Chorus part

*Verse (1:42 - 1:52)
Repeat Verse Part

*Chorus (1:53 - 2:02)
Repeat Chorus 1 part

*Post-Chorus (2:03 - 2:08)
Repeat Post-Chorus part



*Outro (2:09 - 2:22)
                   |2:12-2:14 | |     2:15-2:18      |
e|---------------| |----------| |--------------------|
B|---------------| |8^-8-6----| |--------------------|
G|---------------| |-------7~-| |-----------------7~-|
D|----3----------| |----------| |----3-----------(0)-|
A|3-5---5-3-3-5~-| |----------| |3-5---5-3-3-5~-3----|
E|---------------| |----------| |--------------------|