Shoot You Down Tab by The Stone Roses

Shoot You Down tab by The Stone Roses (Ver. 2)

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

This is the tab for 'Shoot You Down' by The Stone Roses.


Intro:

e|-------8-------------------------------------------|
B|--8/10---10\8-8---8-8\6-5-5-5---5-8\6-6-5-7-5------|
G|----------------9-9-9\7-5-7p5---5-9\7-7-5-7p5------|
D|------------------------------7---------------7-5--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

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Verse:
   you know it...                                                                      when the
  (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
e|--3----------3--------------------------------------------5--------------------5------------5--|
B|--5----------5--------------------------------------------6-6-6---6-5--x-x-6---6-5--x-x-6---6--|
G|--5----------5--------5-----------5-------7-9---------5---5-5-5---5-5--x-x-5---5-5--x-x-5---5--|
D|--5--------5-5--------------5-----------5-------------5h7-7-5-5h7-5-5--x-x-5h7-7-5--x-x-5h7-7--|
A|--3----5h7---3----5h7---5h7---5h7---5h7-------8\x-8\x------------------------------------------|
E|--x----------x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus:
  day is done...                     I'd love to do it...
  (Gmaj;strum for a bit) (Fmaj)                            (Cmaj)
e|--3----------------------1---------------------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|--3----------------------1---------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
G|--4----------------------2---------------------------------5--------5----5-----------------------|
D|--5----------------------3---------------------------------5----5/7--5h7--7p5-7p5----------------|
A|--5----------------------3---------------------------------3----------------------7-5-5h7-5-5\3--|
E|--3----------------------1---------------------------------x-------------------------------------|


Verse:

  (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
e|--3----------3--------------------------------------------5--------------------5------------5--|
B|--5----------5--------------------------------------------6-6-6---6-5--x-x-6---6-5--x-x-6---6--|
G|--5----------5--------5-----------5-------7-9---------5---5-5-5---5-5--x-x-5---5-5--x-x-5---5--|
D|--5--------5-5--------------5-----------5-------------5h7-7-5-5h7-5-5--x-x-5h7-7-5--x-x-5h7-7--|
A|--3----5h7---3----5h7---5h7---5h7---5h7-------8\x-8\x------------------------------------------|
E|--x----------x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus:
 When the day...
  (Gmaj;strum for a bit) (Fmaj)
e|--3----------------------1--|
B|--3----------------------1--|
G|--4----------------------2--|
D|--5----------------------3--|
A|--5----------------------3--|
E|--3----------------------1--|


                   Chorus:
                   I never wanted...      the love...                              no, too slow...
   CHOPPY PART  C  (Cmaj;strum for a bit) G Fmaj for a bit   C                      G  F
e|------------5-3--3----------------------3-1----------------3----------------------3--1--|
B|--5-x-x---6-6-5--5----------------------3-1----------------5-----6------6---------3--1--|
G|--5-x-x---5-5-5--5----------------------4-2----------------5--5--5-5-5--5-5-----5-4--2--|
D|--5-x-x---5h7-5--5----------------------5-3----------------5--5h7--7-5h7--7-5h7---5--3--|
A|--------------3--3----------------------5-3----------------3----------------------5--3--|
E|--------------x--x----------------------3-1----------------x----------------------3--1--|

    I couldn't take that too fast...
                      G   F                  C
e|--------------------1---1------------------3--|
B|--------------------1---1------------------5--|
G|--------------------4---2------------------5--|
D|--------------------5---3------------------5--|
A|--------------------5---3------------------3--|
E|--------------------3---1------------------x--|


Repeat Intro:

e|-------8-------------------------------------------|
B|--8/10---10\8-8---8-8\6-5-5-5---5-8\6-6-5-7-5------|
G|----------------9-9-9\7-5-7p5---5-9\7-7-5-7p5------|
D|------------------------------7---------------7-5--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|


Verse:

  (Cmaj)     (Cmaj)
e|--3----------3--------------------------------------------5--------------------5------------5--|
B|--5----------5--------------------------------------------6-6-6---6-5--x-x-6---6-5--x-x-6---6--|
G|--5----------5--------5-----------5-------7-9---------5---5-5-5---5-5--x-x-5---5-5--x-x-5---5--|
D|--5--------5-5--------------5-----------5-------------5h7-7-5-5h7-5-5--x-x-5h7-7-5--x-x-5h7-7--|
A|--3----5h7---3----5h7---5h7---5h7---5h7-------8\x-8\x------------------------------------------|
E|--x----------x---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Pre-Chorus: (repeat the following a few times)

  (Gmaj;strum for a bit) (Fmaj)
e|--3----------------------1--|
B|--3----------------------1--|
G|--4----------------------2--|
D|--5----------------------3--|
A|--5----------------------3--|
E|--3----------------------1--|

I'd love to do it...
                     (Cmaj)
e|----------------------3-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------5-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------5--------5----5-----------------------|
D|----------------------5----5/7--5h7--7p5-7p5----------------|
A|----------------------3----------------------7-5-5h7-5-5\3--|
E|----------------------x-------------------------------------|

I'd love to do it...
                                                   C
e|---------------------------------5------------5--3-|
B|-----------------------5-x-x---6-6--5-x-x---6-6--5-|
G|-----------------------5-x-x---5-5--5-x-x---5-5--5-|
D|-----------------------5-x-x---5h7--5-x-x---5h7--5-|
A|-------------------------------------------------3-|
E|-------------------------------------------------x-|


Outro:
There are variations within this, as the chords are sometimes arpeggiated:
(Repeat until end of song)
  (Cmaj)                (Fmaj)
e|--3----------------------1--|
B|--3----------------------1--|
G|--4----------------------2--|
D|--5----------------------3--|
A|--5----------------------3--|
E|--3----------------------1--|

Second guitar during outro plays:
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|--7/3-----3-5-3--|
E|------3h5--------|


/ = slide down
\ = slide up
p = pull off to
h = hammer on to
x = mute

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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