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You Cant Bring Me Down

Suicidal Tendencies
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Song

Band: Suicidal Tendencies

Album: Lights..Camera..Revolution

Song: You Can't Bring Me Down

Copyright (c) (Epic) (1990)

Version 1.0 - (06/05/05)

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - Bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

t - tap f - full bend h - half bend

ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend

* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend

x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend

, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

" - tremolo note - Trill

Tunning E A D G B E

Intro

Fade in

Play all notes as volume swells with long delay.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12--------------(12)--------------15--------------|
G|-9--------------(9)---------------12--------------(12)-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------|
B|-(15)-------------------------|
G|--15--------------(15)--------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

Clean guitar with chorus effect

Guitar 1

e|-----------------0-----------------------------0---------------|
B|---------3---3-2---2-----0---0---------3---3-2---2-----0---0---|
G|-------0---0---------0-3---3---------0---0---------0-3---3-----|
D|-----0-----------------------------0---------------------------|
A|---2-----------------------------2-----------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------0-------------------------------|

[Guitar 2

E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0----(0)------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0------(0)------------------------------------------------|
A|---2--------(2)------------------------------------------------|
E|-0----------(0)------------------------------------------------|

Rpt.

PM

e|--------0-------------------------0------------------------|
B|-----0----0---3---0------------0----0---3-----1p0----------|
G|---0--------0---0---0--------2--------2---2-2-----2p0------|
D|----------------------2----2--------------------------3p0--|
A|-3-----------------------0---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------0-----5--3---------0---(0)-------|
B|-----0----0--------------0-----(0)-------|
G|---0--------0----------2-------(2)-------|
D|---------------------2---------(2)-------|
A|-3-----------------0-----------(0)-------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------0---------------|
B|---------3---3-2-----------------------3---3-2---2-----0---0---|
G|-------0---0-------------------------0---0---------0-3---3-----|
D|-----0-----------------------------0---------------------------|
A|---2-----------------------------2-----------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------0-------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------0---------------|
B|---------3---3-2-----------------------3---3-2---2-----0-------|
G|-------0---0-------------------------0---0---------0-3---3-0---|
D|-----0-----------------------------0---------------------------|
A|---2-----------------------------2-----------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------------0-------------------------------|
e|-0---------|
B|--0--------|
G|----0------|
D|------2----|
A|--------2--|
E|-----------|

Distorted guitar

|-PM-] |-PM-] |-PM-]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----(2)----2-2-2-5----(5)----5---5-2----(2)----2-2-2-|
E|-0----(0)----0-0-0-3----(3)----3p0-3-0----(0)----0-0-0-|

|-PM-]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----(7)----7\5-5-2----(2)----2-2-2-5----(5)----5---5-|
E|-5----(5)----5\3-3-0----(0)----0-0-0-3----(3)----3p0-3-|

|-PM-]

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----(2)----2-2-2-3------------------(3)--------------|
E|-0----(0)----0-0-0-1------------------(1)--------------|

Main Riff

|---PM---] h h[PM] h hPM |---PM--] h h[PM] h hPM

E----------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------|
D-2-------------------------3\2-------------------------3\-|
A-2-------------------------3\2-------------------------3\-|
E---0-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-3-5-0-----0-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-3-5-0----|

|---PM---] h h[PM] h hPM [PM]

E--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G---------------------------0----------|
D-2-------------------------0---3------|
A-2-----------------------------3-3/5--|
E---0-0-0-0-0-3-5-0-0-3-5-0-------1/3--|

Rpt Main Riff 3 X

Riff A

   |----PM----]   |----PM----]  |----PM----]  |----PM----]
E---------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A-7-------------5-------------4-------------3-------------|
E-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|

Rpt Main Riff 4 X

Rpt Riff A

Chorus

Guitar 1

  |----PM----]
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-------------5---4\2--2---2-2----------|
A|-------------7---5\4--3---3-3-3p2------|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-----------------3p2---|

[Guitar 2 Clean

E|-----------------------0---------------|
B|----------------------0-0--------------|
G|--------------0---0--0---0-------------|
D|-------------2---0---------------------|
A|-------------------4-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------| Rpt 3 X

Guitar 1

|----PM-----] [PM]

E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------5---4\2--3---2----------------------------|
A|-------------7---5\4--3---2--5---(5)---5\3-2---(2)-----|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------------3---(3)---3\1-0---(0)-----|

[Guitar 2 Clean

E|-----------------------0----------7----------0---------|
B|----------------------0-0-------0------------0---------|
G|--------------0---0--0---0-----------------------------|
D|-------------2---0-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------4-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

Backing for guitar solo is Main Riff 4 X

Rpt Riff A and Chorus

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------------------(2)-----------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------(0)-----------------------------------|

Guitar 1 Clean

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------0-----------0---------0--|
G|-------0---0------0---0-------0---0-----0----|
D|-----0----------4-------4---2---------2------|
A|---2----------5-----------4---------3--------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2 distorted

E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-2-----------------------(2)-----------------|
E|-0-----------------------(0)-----------------|

Guitar 1 Clean

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------0-----------0---------0--|
G|-------0---0------0---0-------0---0-----0----|
D|-----0----------4-------4---2---------2------|
A|---2----------5-----------4---------3--------|
E|-0-------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2 distorted Pick scrape

E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------\-\-----|
A|-(2)----------------------------------\-\----|
E|-(0)-----------------------------------\-\---|

[PM] [PM] [PM] [PM] [PM] [PM] [PM]

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0-----------0-----------0-------------------|
D|-------2-----4-----4-----6-----6-----5-----5\4-----|
A|-2-----------5-5-5---5-5\4-4-4---4-4\3-3-3-3\2-5\4-|
E|-0-0-0---0-0-----------------------------------3\2-| Rpt 4 X

[PM] [PM] [PM] [PM] [PM] [PM] |-PM-]

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------0---------------------5\4-2-4---------------|
D|-5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----5\4-2-4-5-----5-----5-|
A|-5-----5-----5---0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------------|

|-PM]

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|-4/5/8----------(8)-----------|
A|-2/3/6----------(6)-----------|
E|------------------------------|

Rpt Verse

Rpt Chorus 2 X

To Feedback

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------------------------(2)-----------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------(0)-----------------------------------|

END

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| (n) Ghost note

| ~ Vibrato

| p Pull-off

| PM Palm mute

| \ Slide down

| / Slide up

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