"Don't Bring Me Down"
(Gerry Goffin - Carole King)
Intro:
organ arr. for guitar [chords implied] w/bass and drums:
() ()
v v v v v v v v
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---|-1-1-----1-1-----|-3-3-----3-3-----
---|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----
-5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-
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() ()
v v v v v v v v
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-5-5-----5-5-----|-6-6-----6---6---
-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3---3---
-------5-------5-|-------5---------
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[bass tacit 1st repeat of intro]
fuzz guitar w/tremolo:
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/---------------|-/-------/---/---|-/-------|---------
organ:
() ()
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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fuzz guitar w/tremolo:
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/---------------|-/-------/---/---|-/-------|---------
organ:
() () [/ 2nd time]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
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Verse 1 [no guitar; organ chords shown]:
[1: Though] you complain and criticize
I feel I'm nothin' in your eyes
It makes me feel like giving up
Because my best just ain't good enough
Girl, I want to provide for you
And do all the things that you want me to, but
Chorus:
[organ chords shown; fuzz guitar plays C5, Bb5 (tacit last chord)]
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down [1: I'm beggin, you, darling]
[2: Oh no, no, no, no, no]
[1: 2: 2-bar piano fill ()]
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
Verse 2:
fuzz guitar [first four lines]:
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v v v v v v v v
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-----------3---1-|-------0---------
(3)----------3---|-----------3---1-
(sacrifices...)
Sacrifices I will make
I'm ready to give as well as take
One thing I need is your respect
One thing I can't take is your neglect
[guitar plays : xx023x]
More than anything, I need your love
Then troubles are easy to rise above
[repeat chorus]
[repeat intro]
[repeat verse 1 w/fuzz guitar as per verse 2]
Coda:
[continue]
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
I'm beggin' oh, no, don't bring me down, oh no no
Baby, please, oh no, no, don't bring me down
(please, baby, don't bring me down you know I need)
I need your tender loving
(Oh, woman, you can't do that to me)
Oh, please, don't bring me down
(unintelligible)
Oh, baby, baby, don't hurt me
(Don't hurt me don't hurt me please) [fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers