Yet another tab done by J. Warden for the colormeimpressed.com site, where I have a Replacements/Paul Westerberg tab o' the week "column" going. Please send corrections, complaints, requests, questions, pornography to jason (at) benalto (dot) com, or visit the http://replacementsforum.benalto.com site where you can always find me hanging around the "Guitar Geeks" forum. This TAB may be reproduced in any form as long as the above stays put. GOT IT? This week's TAB is "Got You Down", from Stereo. I did this before but it was in the wrong tuning. I promise this is the right one. This song is a LOT like the previous one I just did (Answering Machine) in that it features one guitar just doing the song, and a stronger, brighter guitar emphasizing the important parts. I will be tabbing the "underneath" guitar only, since the upper one never plays anything different. This song is in G#Maj, or as I like to call it CST (Common Stereo Tuning). It is as follows: Low E: D# A: G# D: C G: D# B: G# E: C You can tune your guitar easily to this tuning by doing the following: 1) Tune your high E so it matches the C on the B string (1st fret) 2) Tune your b so it matches the G# on the G string (1st fret) 3) Tune your G so it matches the D# on the D string (1st fret) 4) Tune the top 3 (low E to D) so they are an octave below the bottom 3. That is low e->octave below G string; a string->octave below B string; D string->octave below high E string Here are some chord voicings used in this song. Remember, my tab is always high E b g d a low E Fminor D# G# C# A# -3- -3- -3- -3- -3- -0- -2- -0- -0- -0- -2- -0- -0- -2- -2- -3- -3- -3- -1- -2- -x- -2- -0- -0- -2- -2- -0- -0- -x- -x- For best ease of playing, play the D# like so: -3- (pinkie) -2- (second finger) -0- -3- (third finger) -2- (first finger) -0- Important for all players to remember: Paul will screw his fingers on the neck mightily to avoid anything so banal as a barre chord. Okay, we have the chords, let's learn the song. It's in 6/8 time and starts out with: Fminor D# G# He plays that G# for another 1 bar. Then a little riff which is repeated throughout the song at various times. G# C# -3---3---3-- -0---0-0-0-- -0h2-0-0-0-- -3---3-0-2-- -0-------1-- ------------ Which goes right into the first verse of the song. To hear me playing the intro, throw http://www.benalto.com/gotyoudownexam1.mp3 into yr winamp er whatever. C# G# He's got your number (fill here) -3---3-3--------- -0---0-0--------- -0h2-0-0------------ -3---3-0--------- -0---0-0--------- ----------------- (knows where) Fmin D# C# you'll be found (fill) -3------------- -0------------- -2-0h2-0---0--- -1---------0--- -0---------0--- --------------- Fmin G# But he don't know everything (another fill) -3---3-3--------- -0---0-0--------- -0h2-0-0------------ -3---3-0--------- -0---0-0--------- ----------------- still he's Fmin D# C# got you down Then he hits a G# and does, yes, more fills: -3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3----------------------- -0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------------------- -0-2-0-0-2-0-0h2-0-2------------------------------ -3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-1----------------------- -0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------------------- ------------------------------------------- Now, from here on in, the verse are pretty much the same, with all the fills. So I won't be tabbing out every fill. However, in between the verses the variations are always a little different, so I'll be doing that. If you'd like to hear me do the first verse with the first little instrumental bit, check out http://www.benalto.com/gotyoudownexam2.mp3 And, just a note before we get into the next verse - on the record, only one of the guitars do these in-verse fills. Live, he hardly does them at all. C# (lick) G# Like Christopher Columbus Fmin D# C# (lick) in a world that's flat Fmin G# (lick) He don't know everything Fmin D# C# Try telling you that one bar, with lick but the lick back to C# G# Or Harry Houdini Fmin D# C# He's escaped your grasp (lick) Fmin G# (lick) That one is hard to hold Fmin D# C# Try telling you that (stays on C#, no lick) G# And he's got your number Fmin D# C# (lick) Knows where you'll be found Fmin G# (lick) But he don't know everything Fmin D# C# Still, he's got you down Here's the instrumental section, all tabbed out. As always, the actual rhythm will just be kinda implied; you can listen to http://www.benalto.com/gotyoudownexam3.mp3 to follow along for all the changes: down.. -3-------3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3----------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3-0------------------- -0-------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-2-0-0---0---0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0---0-0----0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0------------------- -2-------0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0h2-0-0----2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0h2-0-0------------------- -1-------3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3-0----3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3-0------------------- -0-------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----x-----x---2--------0-0-0-0---0-0-------------0-0-0-0---0-0------------------ -----------------------------------2-2---2-2-0-0-----------------------2---2-2-2-------------------------------- He's got you down.. ---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3--------------- ---0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0--------------- ---2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2---------------- ---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-0--1-1---------------- ---x-----x---2--------0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0---------------- -2-2---2-2-0-0---------------------------------------- C# He's got you down, baby A# D# He knows you like the back of his hand -3---3-3-3------------ -2---2-0-0------------ -0h2-0-0-2------------ -3---3-0-1------------ -2---2---------------- -0-------------------- C# G#(lick) Like Rudolph Valentino Fmin D# C# The great lover of your life Fmin G# (lick) Been awhile since you seen him, though Fmin D# C# I'm sure he's not with his wife C# G# And he's got your number Fmin D# C# Knows where you'll be found Fmin G# (lick) But he don't know nothing Fmin D#C# (lick) Still, he's got you down G# (lick) And he's got your number FminD# C# And he's got you down Fmin G# (lick) He don't know nothing girl FminD# C# He's got you down last chord: -0- -4- -0- -3- -0- -x-