DOWN
Lifer
"Lifer" as recorded by DOWN
Transcribed by Pat Mucha
ALL STRINGS TUNED DOWN ONE HALF STEP, EXCEPT 6th (TUNED DOWN ONE AND A HALF STEPS) d-FLAT
( )=BEND(EX 12(14)) \=SLIDE ^=HAMMER OR PULL OFF(EX 3^5) X=STRING
MUFFLE
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---MAIN RIFF----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--12--\----------------7(9)---------7^5----7^5----7^5-----2X----THEN FILL 1------
--12--\------0--0-0----------0-0------------------------------------------------------------
-FILL 1----------------------------------------------------------------------------------REPEAT AND GO
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------TO FILL 3 AS SONG
--------------------------------------------------------5----5-----------------------------INSTRUCTS
---------------------------------------------3^5------5----5--------------------------------
------------7(9)----7^5--7^5------3^5-----------3----3----5-X--5---5---5-----3----
--0--0-0---------------------------------------------------------5-X--5---5---5-----3----
--FILL 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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---------------------------------------------10--------12(14)--12--10--------------------BACK TO MAIN RIFF
----------10^12---12(14)--12--12--------12-----------------------------------------------
-10^12---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--CHORUS RIFF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------ENDING ONE------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------3----------------
---0----X-X---2-/-3----6-\-5----------------3---------------3----3^5--------------------
---0----X-X---2-/-3----6-\-5----------5^7----7-----5^7---------------------------------
--CHORUS RIFF-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------ENDING TWO-----------------------
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---0----X-X---2-/-3----6-\-5--------------5---/---9--\-------3--------3-----------------
---0----X-X---2-/-3----6-\-5--------------5---/---9--\------------5-------3-------------
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--CHORUS RIFF---------------------------------------------------------
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------ENDING THREE------
---------------------------------------------------------------------3^5--5(7)--5---
5---3--------------------0----X-X---2-/-3----6-\-5--------------3^5-------------------------
----------------------0----X-X---2-/-3----6-\-5------------------------------------------
---------------------GUITAR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHANGE THE 3(4) BEND TO A
------------7-----------X----7--7---7-----------------------------------------5(6) BEND THE SECOND TIME,
------------5-----------X----5--5---5-----------------------------------------THEN BACK TO THE 3(4) THE
---0--0---------0--0-------------------------X-----3(4)-------------------------THIRD TIME.
--GUITAR----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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--------12--12--12-\---10--10--10-/----12--12--12--\--10--10--10--/--12--12-\-10-
--------12--12--12-\---10--10--10-/----12--12--12--\--10--10--10--/--12--12-\-10-
--------10--10--10-\----8---8---8--/----10--10--10---\---8---8---8---/--10--10--\-8-
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------BEND 3,5, AND 6 CHORDS AND
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHANGE RHYTHYM AS ON CD
---------------------------------------------------------------------------SLIDE DOWN FRETBOARD,THEN
----0---3---0---5---0---6------------------------------------------------GO BACK TO CHORUS AND MAIN
----0---3---0---5---0---6---------------------------------------------------------------------RIFF.
---WITH MAIN RIFF---------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------REAPEAT 14'S AND 12'S
----14--12---9--9---9----7-----9--9--9----7---------------------------------------AS IN THE SONG,SLIDE,
----0----0----0--0---0----0-----0---0--0----0-----------------------------------AND THEN GO TO ENDING
----0----0----0--0---0----0-----0---0--0----0-----------------------------------------------
----0----0----0--0---0----0-----0---0--0----0-----------------------------------------------
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FINISH WITH THIS
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FINAL RIFF IN THE SAME
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------RHYTHYM AS THE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------MAIN RIFF
---0-00-2(4)--0--0--2(4)-0-2(4)-0-2(4)-0-------------------------------------------------