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Downtown

Headstones
Tab

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Song

Downtown- Headstones

CD: Nickels for your Nightmares

Tabber: Mitchell_J@hotmail.com)

Tuning: Standard

1st track off this disc has a long intro of sirens, etc...

But then it starts off with this:

e ---------------------------------

B ---------------------------------

G ----------------------x-x-9-9--7-
D ----------------------x-x-9-9--7-
A ------5---------------x-x-7-7--5-
E 5--7-----7--5--7--7-7------------

Pre-chorus:

e -------------------------------------

B -------------------------------------

G -4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-
D -4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-
A -2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-

E -------------------------------------

Chorus "I like it downtown!"

(The second part there is the chorus outro-- correct me if I'm wrong!)

e --------------------------------|-----------------------------
B --------------------------------|-----------------------------
G -2-2-2--4-4-4--7-7-7-9-9-10-9-7-|-2-2-2--4--7--4- 7--2-2--4-4-
D -2-2-2--4-4-4--7-7-7-9-9-10-9-7-|-2-2-2--4--7--4- 7--2-2--4-4-
A -0-0-0--2-2-2--5-5-5-7-7-8--7-5-|-0-0-0--2--5--2--5--0-0--2-2-
E --------------------------------|-----------------------------

Bridge: (split into 3 different parts)

e ------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------

B -----(play X3)----|----------------------|----------(play twice)---------

G -------------9-9-9|-----------7-7-7-6-6-6|-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-
D -9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6|-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-
A -9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-4-4-4|-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-
E -7-7-7-7-7-7------|-5-5-5-5-5------------|-------------------------------

Chords: (low to high)

A5 X022XX B5 X244XX C#5 X466XX D5 X577XX E5 X799XX F5 X8(10)(10)XX

Tab originally from: http://diehardtabs.tripod.com

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