Band : No Use For A Name
Song : Let Me Down - written by Tony Sly
Album : Live Fat,Die Young (Fat Wreck Chords)
Tuning : Standard Tuning
tabbed by Peter Tom Takaro
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keys,
\ = slide down
/ = slide up
PM = Palm mute
D
She's never alone,
A B
because she's scared of what she might say to herself
A D F# G A B
Always drinking in the backroom of the bar where everyone turns in
A
A half-hearted grin
D
She won't be afraid
A B
as long as that prescription keeps going through
A D F# G A Riff 1
And all the happy pills make her look like cardboard cut out of someone
Riff 2
I use to learn from
D ,D/C# B
But on the phone, she's telling everyone,
G(10th fret)
that there was a blue sky,
F#(9th fret) E(7th fret)
she left behind
D D/C#
And there's a place that no one knows about,
Riff 3
Away from integrity
B D Riff 4(Bridge)
she writes a book in her head that nobody will read
D
Whatever you say,
A B
please don't talk about the time when she was young
A
Apparently that was a different person
D F# G A Riff 1 Riff 2
and so long ago it's strange to me, there's no history
D D/C# B
But there's a past and she's telling everyone
G(10th fret)
It must be a garden,
F#(9th fret) E(7th fret)
that wouldn't grow
D D/C#
With roots of shame, too sensitive to blame
Riff 3
to herself as we watch he drown,
B D play interlude
I can't save the queen without a kingdom or a crown
D A
Somewhere in this lonely game of sympathy
B A G
there is a selfish dream That makes me sick
D A
Standing on the high wire while you're on the ground
B / C# / D Riff 5
To you what is dangerous is safe and sound...
You let me down
-play outro
Intro
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- D , A , B , A,
D,F#,G,A, B , A
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/no_use_for_a_name/let_me_down_tab.html ]
Verse 1 Riff 1,
------- E|----------------------------------|
- D , A , B , A, B|----------------------------------|
D,F#,G,A, riff 1 , riff 2 G|-12--12---11-11-11--7--7-7--7-7-7-|
D|--x---x----x--x--x--x--x-x--x-x-x-|
A|-10--10----9--9--9--5--5-5--5-5-5-|
E|----------------------------------|
Riff 2,
E|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--9--9--9-9-9--6--6-6--6-6-6------|
D|--x--x--x-x-x--x--x-x--x-x-x------|
A|--7--7--7-7-7--4--4-4--4-4-4------|
E|----------------------------------|
Chorus 1 eh? (weird construction,cool though)
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- D,D/C#, B , G(10th fret), (figure the rhythm out yourself,it's
not difficult...just fast)
F#(9th fret),E(7th fret), Riff 3,
E|----------------------------------|
D , D/C# , B|----------------------------------|
G|-12--12---11-11-11--9--9-9--9-9-9-|
Riff 3, D|--x---x----x--x--x--x--x-x--x-x-x-|
A|-10--10----9--9--9--7--7-7--7-7-7-|
B , D E|----------------------------------|
Bridge
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Riff 4,
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
G|--7-7-6---7-6--7-7-7\6--7/9------|-7--7--7--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-|
D|--x-x-x---x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x----x3|-x--x--x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x-|
A|--5-5-4---5-4--5-5-5\4--5/7------|-5--5--5--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-|
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Verse 2 & Chorus 2
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repeat the 1st ones
Interlude
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--well,this is mainly a bass interlude,
but you can raplace it with strumming these chords
- D , A , B , G
D , A , B , G(10th fret)
then,
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-(5-5)---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
A|-(5-5)-----------------------------------|
E|-(3-3)-----------------------------------|
PM
Bridge 2 eh? whatever
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- D , A , B,A, G
D , A , B, C# , D ,Riff 5
Riff 5
E|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|----8--8--8-8-8-7--7-7-|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
Outro
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same as Riff 4(Bridge)
only the 2nd time,guitar 2 comes in
with the same but an octave higher...or so
then strum D , D , F#(9th fret) , E(7th fret), D
Chords used
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---------------7----4----12-----------11-----------9-----------|
D|-7--7--9--4--5---7----4----12-----------11-----------9-----------|
A|-5--7--9--4--5---4----2----10------------9-----------7-----------|
E|----5--7--2--3---------------------------------------------------|
D A B F# G D/C# B G(10th fret) F#(9th fret) E(7th fret)
Enjoy!
