Down - Ghosts Along The Mississippi Chords & Tabs

Band:  Down
Album: Down II
Song:  Ghosts of the Mississippi

Copyright (c)  Elektra 2002


Transcribed By: Johnny


Tuned down 1 and a half steps to C#

    Intro riff
C#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------5p0--------------------------------------------------| X2
F#|----------------5p0----------------------------------------------|
C#|--0-0-0-0------------6p0--4p0--5h6-------------------------------|
   pm. . . .

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|--x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x--------------------------------------|
|--x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x--------------------------------------|
|--x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----12\-------------------------------|

   Main riff
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------5p0------------------------------5p0---------------------|
|--------------5p0------------------------------5p0-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0----------6p0--4p0--5h6----0-0-0-0---------6p0--4p0--0h1---|
pm. . . .                           . . . .

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|-x-x------5p0------------------------------5p0---------------------|
|-x-x----------5p0------------------------------5p0-----------------|
|-x-x---0----------6p0--4p0--5h6----0-0-0-0---------6p0--4p0--0h1---|
pm      .                           . . . .

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|----------5p0------------------------------5p0---------------------|
|--------------5p0------------------------------5p0-----------5h7---|
|-0-0-0-0----------6p0--4p0--5h6----0-0-0-0---------6p0--4p0--------|
pm. . . .                           . . . .

  Rhythm Fig 1  (In the morning it takes me quite a while........
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|-----5-------5-----4----4-----2----4-----5-------------------------|
|-7---7-------7-----5----5-----3----5-----7-------------------------|
|-0---0-----------------------------------0-------------------------|
lt
pm.

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|-----5-------5-----------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7-------7-----0----0---0--------------------------------------|
|-0---0-------------3----3---3-/-5---5------------------------------|
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pm.                 .

  Fill(w/ echo effect)
|--12b------12b------12b--------------------------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/down/ghosts_along_the_mississippi_tab.html ]
  Chorus     (I'm dying prematurely.......)
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|--10\9-------------------------------------------------------------|X2
|--8-\7----9----9----10\9----10\9-----------------------------------|
|----------7----7----8-\7----8-\7-----------------------------------|

  Chorus 2   (I'm vying to kill..)       (A ghost along the.....)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-5-5-5----------------------------------|
|------0---------0---------7-7-7-7---------0-------0----------------|
|--0---3----3----2----1----0-0-0-0-----0---3---3---2---1/-----------|


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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5p0--------------------------------------------------| X2
|----------------5p0----------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0------------6p0--4p0--5h6-------------------------------|
   pm. . . .

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|--x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x--------------------------------------|
|--x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x--------------------------------------|
|--x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x---x-x-x----12\-------------------------------|



Lead
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12----12----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------15----15p14-15p14p12--14p12----12------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------15----15p14--15p14p12--14(bend 1/4 step--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-14b-14--14---12h14p12-------------------12------------------------|
|-----------------------15--12---15---15------15----12-----15b15----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------12h14h15-----------|
|---------------------------------------12h14h15--------------------|
|-7/9--9--9/10--10--10/12--12--12h14h15-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                          hold bend               release bend
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|------15-------17--------------------------------------------------|
|-14b------14--------14-----14b--14b---14b--14--14--14--14--14--14--|
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|-14\12-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------15---------------------------------------------------------|
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Listen to the song to figure out the order and rhythm of each part