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Shake Me Down Tab by Cage The Elephant

Shake Me Down tab by Cage The Elephant

Guitar Tab 

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

This tab includes both Lead and Rhythm guitars.


Intro:

Lead (with delay)
    |               |
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------| x6
G|--6---6---6---9/6-6---6---6---6/9------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
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Rhythm
    |               |
e|---------------------------------------|
B|------5-------5-------5-------5--------| x6
G|----6---6---6---6---6---6---6----------|
D|--7-------6-------7-------6-----4h6/7--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|



Verse:

Lead
    |
e|--------------|
B|--------------| Play once in time with drums
G|--------------|
D|--77777-------|
A|--77777-------|
E|--55555-------|


Rhythm
    |               |
e|------5-------4-------2---------2----|
B|----5---5---5---5---2---2-----3---3--| x4
G|--6-------6-------2-------2/4--------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|


Lead and Rhythm
    |               |
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------| Play once in time with drums
G|---------------------------------|
D|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
E|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|



Post-Verse Fill:

Lead (with delay)
    |               |
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--6---6---6---9p6h9p6h9p6h9p6h9p6--------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


Rhythm
    |
e|-------------------|
B|------5-------5----| Ring out the last note
G|----6---6---6---6--|
D|--7-------6--------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|



Verse 2:

Rhythm
    |               |
e|---------------------------------------|
B|------5-------5-------5-------5--------| x4
G|----6---6---6---6---6---6---6----------|
D|--7-------6-------7-------6-----4h6/7--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|


Lead and Rhythm
    |               |
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------| 3x
G|----------66666-----------44444--|
D|--77777---66666---44444---44444--|
A|--77777---44444---44444---22222--|
E|--55555-----------22222----------|
    |               |
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----------66666------------------|
D|--77777---66666---4---4---4---4--|
A|--77777---44444---4---4---4---4--|
E|--55555-----------2---2---2---2--|
    |               |
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
A|--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
E|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|



Chorus:

Lead and Rhythm
    |               |
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------| x3
G|---------------------------------|
D|--7---7-xx6-4---2~---------------|
A|--7---7-xx6-4---2~---------------|
E|--5---5-xx4-2---0~---------------|


Lead
    |               |               |               |
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------17b19---12b14-------------------17b19---12b14----|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-----------------------7---7---7------------------------|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-----------------------7---7---7------------------------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-----------------------5---5---5------------------------|
    |               |               |               |
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2 Play both parts again
G|------------------17b19---12b14------------------------------------|
D|--7---7---7-----------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|--7---7---7-----------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|--5---5---5-----------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0--|


Rhythm
    |               |               |               |
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------6-------------------------------6----------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-------6-------6-------7---7---7-------6-------6--------|
A|--4-4-4-4-4-------4-------6-------7---7---7-------4-------6--------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2---------------4-------5---5---5---------------4--------|
    |               |               |               |
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2 Play both parts again
G|------------------6------------------------------------------------|
D|--7---7---7-------6-------6-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6--|
A|--7---7---7-------4-------6-------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6--|
E|--5---5---5---------------4-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--|


Lead and Rhythm
    |               |
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------| 3x
G|---------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|--0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|



Bridge:

Lead and Rhythm
    D   A   E  F#m    D   A   E        F#m
e|--5---4---0---2--|--5---4---------------------|
B|--7---4---0---2--|--7---4---Lead starts here--|
G|--7---6---1---2--|--7---6---------------------|
D|--7---7---2---4--|--7---7---2222222---4444444-|
A|--5---7---2---4--|--5---7---2222222---4444444-|
E|------5---0---2--|------5---0000000---2222222-|

e|---------------------------------------|---------------------|-----|
B|---------------------------------------|---------------------|--x24| Play E 24x times
G|--77777777-----------------------------|--77777777-----------|-----| across 3 bars.
D|--77777777-77777777-22222222-44444444--|--77777777-77777777--|--2--|
A|--55555555-77777777-22222222-44444444--|--55555555-77777777--|--2--|
E|-----------55555555-00000000-22222222--|-----------55555555--|--0--|



Outro:

Rhythm
    |               |
e|---------------------------------------|
B|------5-------5-------5-------5--------| x4
G|----6---6---6---6---6---6---6----------|
D|--7-------6-------7-------6-----4h6/7--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
    |               |
e|----------|
B|------5~~-|
G|----6-----|
D|--7-------|
A|----------|
E|----------|

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