Downtown Train Intro Tab

by Tom Waits
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Eb
Capo: 1st fret
Author doinkmcgoink [pro] 16. Last edit on May 15, 2022
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CAPO ON FRET 1
 
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This song has 2 main strumming patterns for the chords. They are:
 
PATTERN 1:
 
          Palm mute -->     M M     M   M |   M M     M   M
             Chords -->   D D D D D D D D | G G G G A A A A
              Beats -->   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 
    (for a simplified version, just play):
 
                          D     D D   D   | G     G A   A
                          1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 
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PATTERN 2:
 
             Chords -->   G     G     G   | A     A     A
              Beats -->   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 
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Without further ado, here's the song!
 
[Intro]
 
e|--11-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------8h10-12-10-8-8-------------8-12-10-8-8----------------------------|
D|---------------------------8-10-12-----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
 
PATTERN 1 (x4)
 
PATTERN 2 (x3)
 
PATTERN 1 (x4)
 
PATTERN 2 (x3)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
  Will I see you tonight?......
e|--------------------------------8-6---6/8--------8-6---6/8-|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------8----------------8-----------|
D|-------------------------8-10-------------8-10-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
 
  Every night, it's just the same.....
e|--------------------------------8-11-8-6-6-|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
PATTERN 1 (x4)
 
PATTERN 2 (x3)
 
 
[Chorus] (x2)
 
 
[Solo]
 
The solo is in 6/8 time signature
 
The chords go:
DGDA (x2)
with this strumming pattern:
                              >             >             >             >
             Chords --> D D D D     | G G G G     | D D D D     | A A A A
              Beats --> 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
 
The solo uses the following scale (note, this is NOT the tab for the recorded solo melody! Use these notes
to build your own solo):
 
e|------------------------6-8-11-13-|
B|--------------------6-8-----------|
G|------------------8---------------|
D|-------------8-10-----------------|
A|------6-8-10----------------------|
E|--6-8-----------------------------|
 
 
[Chorus] (x2)
 
 
[Outro]
 
PATTERN 1 (x8)
 
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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| >   Accented beat
| /   Slide up
| M  Palm mute
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