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Down Tab by Widespread Panic

Down tab by Widespread Panic

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"Down" main solo and outro fills
Music & Lyrics by Widespread Panic
>From the "Don't Tell the Band" studio album
Interpreted and Transcribed by Joe Trzcinski (littlenemox@lycos.com)

Standard tab notation:
h=hammer
p=pull
/=slide up \=slide down
parenthesis for smooth bends:
ex: 12(14)12 is a 12 bent up to the pitch of a 14 and then brought back down in one strike
~=vibrato
^ for rough bends:
ex: 12^14 12 is a 12 that is bent up to the pitch
of a 14, released, and then a 12 is plucked
Got it?  Good =) Lets procede.
Numbers above tabs indicate approximate track time...
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Intro:

   (0:01)                                           (0:05)

e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-----------10--------------------------------------|
G|--11(13)11--9---9(11)9--7--9-----------6--7----9--9--/-|
D|------------------------------7--7--9------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

   (0:06)                                           (0:10)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-----------10--------------------------------------|
G|--11(13)11--9---9(11)9--7--9--9-9-7h9-9-9-7h9-9--/-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

   (0:11)                      Repeat 3x(0:14)  Repeat 3x(0:17)
e|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------|
B|--15^17-15--12---------------|-15------------|-15----------|
G|----------------14-14--12-14-|-14^16--14^16--|-14(16)14p12-|
D|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------|
A|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------|

                   (0:19)
e|------------------------|  This concludes the intro, although the
B|--14-14--12--14~~~\-----|  first two segments up top are repeated
G|------------------------|  throughout the tune (as you know).
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

  Main Solo:
    (1:33)                                                  (1:38)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15^17-15^17-15^17-15~~~15-12-12~---------------------------15----|
G|-------------------------------------14p12-14^16-14^16-14^16-14^16-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



                              (1:41)                    (1:42-3)
e|--------|------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|--15----|Play this unison--|-----------------------------------|
G|--14^16-|bend 4 more times-|-14(16)14p12--14(16)14p12-16p14-12-|
D|--------|(for a total of 6-|-----------------------------------|
A|--------|including the one-|-----------------------------------|
E|--------|above)------------|-----------------------------------|

                           (1:44-5)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-14-14-12h14-12h14-12h14--|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

                                      (1:47-8)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--12-12-----12-14p12-12-12-14^16-14^16-14^16--|
D|---------14-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
                                       (1:50)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|--12-12-/17-17-17-15-17-/19-19-19-20p17-20/22-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
                                                (1:53)
e|----------------------------------------------------|Notes w\ "*"
B|--22-22p20-22*-22-22p20-22p20-22*-22p20-22p20-22^24-|are plucked
G|----------------------------------------------------|and then
D|----------------------------------------------------|quickly muted.
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
                                              (1:55)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--22p20-22p20-22^24-22p20-22p20-22^24-22p20-22p20-|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
                         (1:57-8)
e|-------------------------------|
B|--22(24)22p20-22*-22p20-17-17~-|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|







    Repeat 4x  (2:01)           (2:03)                 (2:05)
e|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-17p15-17p15-17^19-|-17p15-12h15-12~-----------------------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------12h14^16-16~-(16)14p12------|
D|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------|---------------------------------------------|
                               (2:07)                    (2:08-9)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------12-15p12-|
G|---14p12-12~--14p12-12h14p12-14p12----------------12----------|
D|-----------------------------------12h14-14-12h14-------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
                                    (2:11)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|--15/17--15-17-/19-19-20p17-20-22-22^24~~~-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Outro:
    (3:14)                            (3:24-5)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--12-14-17-17~-17-15-14-12-----------12-12-14-17^19-17~-|
G|---------------------------14(16)14~--------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
    (3:29)
e|-----------------------|--------| When the echo repeats itself,
B|--19-15-17-15-14-15-14-|--12~~~-| play the 12 (b) over top of the
G|-----------------------|--------| last 14 (c#) to end the tune.
D|-----------------------|--------|
A|-----------------------|--------| Questions, comments?  Email me:
E|-----------------------|--------| littlenemox@lycos.com

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