Down Payment Blues Tab

by AC/DC
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Down Payment Blues
AC/DC
 
 
Intro:
 
      E     A   let ring...    E     A   let ring...
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ---------2------------------------2-------------------
G  ---1-----2------------------1-----2-------------------
D  ---2-----2------------------2-----2-------------------
A  ---2-----0------------------2-----0-------------------
E  ---0------------------------0-------------------------
 
      E     A     E     A     E     A     E     E  let ring...
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ---------2-----------2-----------2--------------------
G  ---1-----2-----1-----2-----1-----2--------------------
D  ---2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----------2--------
A  ---2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----0-----2--------
E  ---0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----0--------
 
 
Play 4x, soft, slight rake with pick
      E     A     E     A     E     A      E     E
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ------------------------------------------------------
G  ---------2-----------2-----------2--------------------
D  ---------2-----------2-----------2------------2-------
A  ---------0-----------0-----------0------------2-------
E  ---0-----------0-----------0------------0-----0-------
 
 
Play twice, soft rake with pick
      F#    B     F#    B     F#    B     F#      F#
e  -------------------------------------------------------
B  -------------------------------------------------------
G  ---------4-----------4-----------4---------------------
D  ---------4-----------4-----------4-------------4-------
A  ---------2-----------2-----------2-------------4-------
E  ---2-----------2-----------2------------2------2-------
 
 
Play twice, soft rake with pick
      A     D     A     D      A     D      A      A
e  --------------------------------------------------------
B  --------------------------------------------------------
G  ---------7-----------7------------7---------------------
D  ---------7-----------7------------7-------------7-------
A  ---------5-----------5------------5-------------7-------
E  ---5-----------5------------5------------5------5-------
 
 
Play 8x, with feeling :^)
      B     E     B     E      B     E      B     B
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ------------------------------------------------------
G  ---------9-----------9------------9-------------------
D  ---9-----9-----9-----9------9-----9------------9------
A  ---9-----7-----9-----7------9-----7------9-----9------
E  ---7-----------7------------7------------7-----7------
 
 
The rest of the song continues with the same chord patterns
in the following order (listen to the record to note the
variations in striking the chords):
 
B E B E B E B B
A D A D A D A A
E A E A E A E E  etc...
 
Extro: (there's a little riff before this but I haven't been
able to figure it out yet...):
 
                              slight bend on these notes
e  ------------------------------------------------------
B  ------------------------------------------------------
G  ---2-----2-----------0--------------------------------
D  ---2-----2-----4-----5-----5-----4-----5-----4--------
A  ---0-----0-----------0--------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------
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Down Payment Blues – AC/DC
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2 comments
monkey_xxx2003
normally i would give this three without the solo, but because it sounds so good i gave you four. it is still not worthy of five without the solo but other than that. this tab is amazing
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paulpearce314
The rhythm under the solo section is important and needs to be called since the Angus part follows chord changes closely.
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