When The Smoke Is Going Down tab by Scorpions

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Scorpions
When the smoke is going down
(Schenker/Meine)
Album: 1982 Blackout
Tabbed by Alexey Troyanov

Riff A augmentedA (Opening):

-----1--------3--1--0-----|-----1-----------0--------|--
--------3--------------3--|--------3-----------3-----|--
-----------2--------------|-----------2-----------2--|--
--0-----------------------|--------------------------|--
--------------------------|--1-----------3-----------|--
--------------------------|--------------------------|--

Riff B:

----1--------1--------0---|-----0--------0--------0--|--
-------3--------3---------|--------1--------1--------|--
----------2--------2------|-----------0--------0-----|--
-0------------------------|--------------------------|--
--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--
--------------------------|--------------------------|--

During the verses, alternate between Riff BB and Riff A.


Chorus (with heavy distortion):

(A augmentedA Maj)          (D MajorD Min)    (Eb MajorEb Maj)      (D MajorD Min)
I climb the stage again tonight, and the place seems still alive

     (C majorC Maj)    (D MajorD Min)
When the smoke is going down...


Also, here's my version of the solo:

=======================================================================
Here 10/11   means slide from 10 to 11
   10/(12)  means play 10 and bend a whole step to 12
   10/(12)\10 means play 10, bend a whole step up, then release bend
	    to come back down
   (22)\20  means pre-bend to 22, play, then release to 20

Vertical lines are not bar lines, but only divide things up logically
=======================================================================

----------------8---------|---------8--10/(12)\10------|-
---8--8--10/11------------|--10/11-----------------10--|-
-------------------9--10--|----------------------------|-
--------------------------|----------------------------|-
--------------------------|----------------------------|-
--------------------------|----------------------------|-


---------------15--------------|----------15/(17)\15----------|-
---15--17--18------17----------|--17--18--------------15--17--|-
-----------------------17------|------------------------------|-
---------------------------14--|------------------------------|-
-------------------------------|------------------------------|-
-------------------------------|------------------------------|-


             ( approx. )
             (1/4 step bend)
---17--18--20--22--20--22-----20--22----|--10--------|-
----------------------------------------|----10------|-
----------------------------------------|------10----|-
----------------------------------------|--------12--|-
----------------------------------------|------------|-
----------------------------------------|------------|-


---20--20--20--20--|--17/(18)\17------------------------------------
-------------------|--------------18--20--18--20--20/(22)--(22)\20--
-------------------|------------------------------------------------
-------------------|------------------------------------------------
-------------------|------------------------------------------------
-------------------|------------------------------------------------


---------------|----------------------|-
---18--17--18--|--18/(20)\18--17------|-
---------------|------------------19--|-
---------------|----------------------|-
---------------|----------------------|-
---------------|----------------------|-

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