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Knock Me Down

Red Hot Chili Peppers
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I find that some of the lead guitar lines are difficult to figure out so I
have just transcribed the simplest chordal parts of this song. I am not sure
that most of the minor chords are sevenths but the song has a cool sound to it
and minor sevenths usually do that.
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Dm x 5 7 7 6 x
Am7 5 7 5 5 5 x
Gm7 3 5 3 3 3 x
C x 3 5 5 5 x
Bb x 1 3 3 3 x
A5 5 7 7 x x x
Em7 0 2 2 4 3 3 <-- a very weird way to play the Em7 chord
Bm7 x 2 4 2 3 2
Am7* x 0 2 0 1 0
D x x 0 2 3 2
B5 x 2 4 4 x x
D5 x 5 7 7 x x
C5 x 3 5 5 x x
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
Em 0 2 2 0 0 0
C#m7 x 4 6 4 5 4
G#m7 4 6 4 4 4 x
F#m7 2 4 2 2 2 x
Bb5 6 7 7 x x x
G5 3 5 5 x x x
F5 x 8 10 10 x x
F 1 3 3 2 x x
A 5 7 7 6 x x
F#5 x 9 11 11 x x
E5 x 7 9 9 x x
C#m x 4 6 6 5 4
G#m 4 6 6 4 4 x
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
B x 2 4 4 4 x
The opening riff is:
e|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---|
B|-------------------6-|-------------------6h8p6-|-------------------6-|---|
G|-------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-2-|
D|-------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-3-|
A|-----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-----3--0-7-0-3-5--------|-----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-3-|
E|-3h5-----------------|-3h5---------------------|-3h5-----------------|-1-|
Of course you hold the F chord at the end then the verse appears:
Never too soon to be through
Being cool too much, too soon
Too much for me, too much for you
You're gonna lose in time
Em7 Bm7 Am7*
Don't be afraid to show your friends
That you hurt inside, inside
Em7 Bm7 Am7*
Pain's part of life, don't hide behind your false pride
It's a lie in your lie
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
      
I'm tired of being untouchable
I'm not above the love
I'm part of you and you're part of me
Why did you go away?
Em7 Bm7 Am7*
Finding what you're looking for can end up being
Being such a bore
Em7 Bm7 Am7*
I pray for you most every day, my love's with you
Now fly away
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
Very quickly now, the guitar and bass plays:
G|---------|
D|---------|  When the guitar plays the 6th fret (the Bb note), it also plays
A|-5p0-7---|  a power chord on it and therefore from that note the guitar
E|-------6-|  plays a series of chords that go:
    
    

Cool solo part

    
    
      
All I just did here was to write down the rhythm chords, I have and will not
do the solo (as little as it may seem). If you listen to the album, you can
figure out how these chords come in.
Anyway, the rest goes something like this:
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
Knock me down. I'm not bigger than life
   
   
It's so lonely when you don't even know yourself, it's so lonely
It's so lonely when you don't even know yourself, it's so lonely
It's so lonely when you don't even know yourself, it's so lonely...
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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