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Down Down Down To Mephistos Cafe Tab

by Streetlight Manifesto
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author DMill325 [a] 73. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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         "Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Cafe"-Streetlight Manifesto
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Tabbed by: DMill
Email: DMill325@yahoo.com
 
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
 
Intro (If I were you, I would take this as a sign...)
 
       play 3 times                 end on
e|----4-----3-----3-----3-|   e|----4-----3--6-|
B|----4-----4-----3-----4-|   B|----4-----4--6-|
G|----5-----5-----4-----3-|   G|----5-----5--7-|
D|----6-----5-----5--5----|   D|----6-----5--8-|
A|----6--3--------5-------|   A|----6--3-----8-|
E|-4-----------3----------|   E|-4-----------6-|
 
e|-3---3-6---6--8----8-6-4---4-5-6---------------|
B|-4---4-6---6--8----8-6-4---4-5-6---------------|
G|-3---3-7---7--9----9-7-5---5-6-7---------------|
D|-------8---8-10---10-8-6---6-7-8---------------|
A|---------------------------------------6-8-6---|
E|-----------------------------------6-8-------8-|
   .   . .   .  .    . .     . .
 
           (. = staccato)
 
e|-3-x-x-x-x-x-3-x-6-x-x-x-x-x-6-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-6-x-4-4-x-6-x-3-6-|
B|-4-x-x-x-x-x-4-x-6-x-x-x-x-x-6-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-6-x-4-4-x-6-x-4-6-|
G|-3-x-x-x-x-x-3-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-7-x--9-x-x-x-x-x-x--9-x-7-x-5-5-x-7-x-3-7-|
D|---x-x-x-x-x---x-8-x-x-x-x-x-8-x-10-x-x-x-x-x-x-10-x-8-x-6-6-x-8-----8-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   .           .   .           .    .              .   .     .   .
 
ska strumming
e|-3-6--8-4-6---3-6--8-4-3-6-|
B|-4-6--8-4-6---4-6--8-4-4-6-|
G|-3-7--9-5-7---3-7--9-5-3-7-|
D|---8-10-6-8-----8-10-6---8-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
Verse 1 (They will not remember this song...)
e|-3-6--8-6-4-5-6---3-6--8-6-4-6-3-6-|
B|-4-6--8-6-4-5-6---4-6--8-6-4-7-4-6-|
G|-3-7--9-7-5-6-7---3-7--9-7-5-8-3-7-|
D|---8-10-8-6-7-8-----8-10-8-6-8---8-|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
           palm muted
 
At "I can't seem to see the seal we're breaking..." play with ska strumming, then
notes with the snare at "Way back when the prophecies began..." then ska strumming again at "I
know but it has occurred to me..." and hold last note until chorus
e|-3-6--8-4-6---3-6--8-4-3-6-|
B|-4-6--8-4-6---4-6--8-4-4-6-|
G|-3-7--9-5-7---3-7--9-5-3-7-|
D|---8-10-6-8-----8-10-6---8-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
Chorus 1 (We're going down, down, down to Mephisto's Cafe...)
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-8-7-5-8-6-8-| play 4 times
A|-6-5-3-8-6-8-|
E|-------6-4-6-|
 
At "Right? Right!" end with
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-8-5-10-8-6-5-8-|
A|-6-3-10-8-6-5-8-|
E|------8-6-4-3-6-|
 
Verse 2 (So fuck the flocks of sheep that keep amassing masses...)
e|-3-6--8-4-6---3-6--8-4-3-6-|
B|-4-6--8-4-6---4-6--8-4-4-6-|
G|-3-7--9-5-7---3-7--9-5-3-7-|
D|---8-10-6-8-----8-10-6---8-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
At "If I were you, I would take this as a sign...) play with slow ska strums
e|-4-3-3-3---4-3-3-3-|
B|-4-4-3-4---4-4-3-4-|
G|-5-5-4-3---5-5-4-3-|
D|-6-5-5-----6-5-5---| and pause until next chorus
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
 
Chorus 2 (We're going down, down, down to Mephisto's Cafe...)
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-8-7-5-8-6-8-| play 4 times
A|-6-5-3-8-6-8-|
E|-------6-4-6-|
 
At "Right? Right!" end with
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-8-5-10-8-6-5-8-|
A|-6-3-10-8-6-5-8-|
E|------8-6-4-3-6-|
 
Bridge
 
Ska strumming w/Horns
e|-3-6--8-4-6---3-6--8-4-3-6-|
B|-4-6--8-4-6---4-6--8-4-4-6-|
G|-3-7--9-5-7---3-7--9-5-3-7-|
D|---8-10-6-8-----8-10-6---8-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
When horns cut out, play
e|-3---3-6---6--8----8-6-4---4-5-6---------------|
B|-4---4-6---6--8----8-6-4---4-5-6---------------|
G|-3---3-7---7--9----9-7-5---5-6-7---------------|
D|-------8---8-10---10-8-6---6-7-8---------------|
A|---------------------------------------6-8-6---|
E|-----------------------------------6-8-------8-|
   .   . .   .  .    . .     . .
 
e|-3-x-x-x-x-x-3-x-6-x-x-x-x-x-6-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-6-x-4-4-x-6-x-3-6-|
B|-4-x-x-x-x-x-4-x-6-x-x-x-x-x-6-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-6-x-4-4-x-6-x-4-6-|
G|-3-x-x-x-x-x-3-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-7-x--9-x-x-x-x-x-x--9-x-7-x-5-5-x-7-x-3-7-|
D|---x-x-x-x-x---x-8-x-x-x-x-x-8-x-10-x-x-x-x-x-x-10-x-8-x-6-6-x-8-----8-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   .           .   .           .    .              .   .     .   .
 
At "Now everybody's telling taller tales..." play
e|-3---8-6-10---3---8-6-1-6-6-6-6-6-|
B|------------------------6-6-6-6-6-|
G|------------------------7-7-7-7-7-|
D|------------------------8-8-8-8-8-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
 
At "Finally, I met a man with kindness in his eyes..." play softly
e|-3---3-6---6--8----8-6-4---4-5-6---------------|
B|-4---4-6---6--8----8-6-4---4-5-6---------------|
G|-3---3-7---7--9----9-7-5---5-6-7---------------|
D|-------8---8-10---10-8-6---6-7-8---------------|
A|---------------------------------------6-8-6---|
E|-----------------------------------6-8-------8-|
   .   . .   .  .    . .     . .
 
e|-3-x-x-x-x-x-3-x-6-x-x-x-x-x-6-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-6-x-4-4-x-6-x-3-6-|
B|-4-x-x-x-x-x-4-x-6-x-x-x-x-x-6-x--8-x-x-x-x-x-x--8-x-6-x-4-4-x-6-x-4-6-|
G|-3-x-x-x-x-x-3-x-7-x-x-x-x-x-7-x--9-x-x-x-x-x-x--9-x-7-x-5-5-x-7-x-3-7-|
D|---x-x-x-x-x---x-8-x-x-x-x-x-8-x-10-x-x-x-x-x-x-10-x-8-x-6-6-x-8-----8-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   .           .   .           .    .              .   .     .   .
 
At "They broke it wide open..." play half as fast as original tempo with half as many
per chord
e|-3-6--8-4-6---3-6--8-4-3-6-|
B|-4-6--8-4-6---4-6--8-4-4-6-|
G|-3-7--9-5-7---3-7--9-5-3-7-|
D|---8-10-6-8-----8-10-6---8-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
At "I remember it was years ago..." arpeggiate these chords
e|-3-6--8-4---3-6--8-4-|
B|-4-6--8-4---4-6--8-4-|
G|-3-7--9-5---3-7--9-5-|
D|---8-10-6-----8-10-6-|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
 
After "And you said..." play half as fast as original tempo with half as many notes per chord
e|-3-6-3-4-|
B|-4-6-3-4-|
G|-5-7-4-5-|
D|-5-8-5-6-|
A|---------|
E|---------|
 
At "Don't crack, 'cause you might not make it back..." play
e|-3-6--8-4-6---3-6--8-4-6---3-6--8-4-6---3-6------------|
B|-4-6--8-4-6---4-6--8-4-6---4-6--8-4-6---4-6------------|
G|-3-7--9-5-7---3-7--9-5-7---3-7--9-5-7---3-7------------|
D|---8-10-6-8-----8-10-6-8-----8-10-6-8-----8-10-8-6-5-8-|
A|--------------------------------------------10-8-6-5-8-|
E|---------------------------------------------8-6-4-3-6-|
                                                       .
 
Chorus 3 (We're going down, down, down to Mephisto's Cafe...)
e|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-8-7-5-8-6-8-| play 4 times
A|-6-5-3-8-6-8-|
E|-------6-4-6-|
 
At "Right? Right!" end with
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-8-5-10-8-6-5-8---8-|
A|-6-3-10-8-6-5-8---6-|
E|------8-6-4-3-6-----|
 
| .  Staccato
| x  Mute note
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4 comments
Glentendo24
dude, this can be done in standard just move every note down a half step and put it in standard.
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miggy232
this is pretty inacurate. the tuning is standard and you messed up the chords pretty badly.
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timmyc
you put it in the wrong key and the chords are way off
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