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SHOWDOWN (G.E./P.)
As recorded by Propagandhi
(From the 1993 Album HOW TO CLEAN EVERYTHING)
Transcribed by Whoabot
Words by Samson/Hannah Music by Propagandhi
Arranged by Propagandhi
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Chris Hannah'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Chris Hannah 2'
Bass Intro
Q=122
N.C.
4/4 2/4 4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 4x H Wx2
||--------------||------||--------||
||o------------o||------||--------||
||--------------||------||--------||
||--------------||------||--------||
||o------------o||------||--------||
||--------------||------||--------||
Everybody Intro
Q=130
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
||---------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------------|
||--0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0------|
||--0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0-2-|----4--(4)-----2--(2)-----|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-----|
||--3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0-|
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------------o||
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0---------||
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0-2-|----4--(4)-----2--(2)--------||
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0----||
John K. Samson's Verse
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11C
8/8
PM----|
E S S S S Q E E E E S E S Q S S E E
||---------------------|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3---|
||o--------------------|-3-3-3-1-1--1-1-1---|
||--0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---|
||--0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|-4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2---|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x---|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-0-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0-|
G5 E5 G5 Dadd11C
PM----|
E S S S S Q E E E E S E S Q S S E E 5x
|--------------------|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-----||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-1-1--1-1-1----o||
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----||
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|-4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2-----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x---|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-0--o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0---||
John K. Samson's Chorus
E5 G5
PM PM PM| PM--|
E S E S E. S E E S S E S E S Q E E E
||-----------------------|------------------|
||o----------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
||--2-x-2-x-2----2-2-----|-5-x-x-x-5--5-5-5-|
||o-2-x-2-x-2--2-2-2-----|-5-x-x-x-5--5-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
C5 D5
PM----| PM----|
E. E. E. E. S S S S E. E. E. E. S S S S
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-5--5--5--5--x-x-x-x-|----------------------||
|-5--5--5--5--x-x-x-x-|-7--7--7--7--x-x-x-x--||
|-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
John K. Samson's Break
G5 D5 C5
PM---|
E Q Q E. S S S q H.
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-12-12-------------------|-------------|
|-12-12--12--12-----------|-10----------|
|-10-10--12--12--12-12-12-|-10----------|
|-10-10--10--10--10-10-10-|--8----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
G5 D5 C5
PM---|
E Q Q E. S S S q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|-12--12-----------------------------|-----------|
|-12--12-----12-----12---------------|-10--------|
|-10--10-----12-----12------12-12-12-|-10--------|
|-10--10-----10-----10------10-10-10-|--8--------|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|-12-----12--14-16------16-----14----|-12--------|
|--x------x---x--x-------x------x----|--x--------|
|-10-----10--12-14------14-----12----|-10--------|
|------------------------------------|-----------|
G5 D5 C5
PM---|
E Q Q E. S S S q H.
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|-12--12-----------------------------|-------------|
|-12--12-----12-----12---------------|-10----------|
|-10--10-----12-----12------12-12-12-|-10----------|
|-10--10-----10-----10------10-10-10-|--8----------|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E q H.
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|-12-----12--14-16------14-----16----|-17----------|
|--x------x---x--x-------x------x----|--x----------|
|-10-----10--12-14------12-----14----|-15----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------|
G5 D5 C5
PM---|
E Q Q E. S S S q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|-12--12-----------------------------|-----------||
|-12--12-----12-----12---------------|-10--------||
|-10--10-----12-----12------12-12-12-|-10--------||
|-10--10-----10-----10------10-10-10-|--8--------||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|-12-----12--14-16------16-----14----|-12--------||
|--x------x---x--x-------x------x----|--x--------||
|-10-----10--12-14------14-----12----|-10--------||
|------------------------------------|-----------||
Pre-Verse
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0------|
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0-2-|----4--(4)-----2--(2)-----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0-|
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------||
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0------||
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0-2-|----4--(4)-----2--(2)-----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-----||
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0-||
Chris Hannah's Verse
G5 E5 G5 Dadd11C
PM----|
E S S S S Q E E E E S E S Q S S E E
||---------------------|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3---|
||o--------------------|-3-3-3-1-1--1-1-1---|
||--0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---|
||--0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|-4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2---|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-0-|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-0-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0-|
G5 E5 G5 Dadd11C
PM----|
E S S S S Q E E E E S E S Q S S E E 5x
|--------------------|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3----||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-1-1--1-1-1---o||
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0----||
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|-4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-0-|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-0-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0--||
Chris Hannah's Chorus
E5 G5
PM PM PM| PM--|
E S E S E. S E E S S E S E S Q E E E
||-----------------------|------------------|
||o----------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------|------------------|
||--2-x-2-x-2----2-2-----|-5-x-x-x-5--5-5-5-|
||o-2-x-2-x-2--2-2-2-----|-5-x-x-x-5--5-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/propagandhi/showdown_tab_ver_5.html ]
C5 D5
PM----| PM----|
E. E. E. E. S S S S E. E. E. E. S S S S
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|-5--5--5--5--x-x-x-x-|-7--7--7--7--x-x-x-x--||
|-5--5--5--5--x-x-x-x-|-7--7--7--7--x-x-x-x--||
|-3--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-|-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
Chris Hannah's Break
G5 D5 C5
E S E. Q E S E. q H.
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-12-12-12----------------|-------------|
|-12-12-12--12--12-12-12--|-10----------|
|-10-10-10--12--12-12-12--|-10----------|
|-10-10-10--10--10-10-10--|--8----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
G5 D5 C5
E S E. Q E S E. q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|-12--12-12--------------------------|-----------|
|-12--12-12--12-----12-----12-12-----|-10--------|
|-10--10-10--12-----12-----12-12-----|-10--------|
|-10--10-10--10-----10-----10-10-----|--8--------|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|------------------------------------|-----------|
|-12-----12--14-16-----16---------14-|-12--------|
|--x------x---x--x------x----------x-|--x--------|
|-10-----10--12-14-----14---------12-|-10--------|
|------------------------------------|-----------|
G5 D5 C5
E S E. Q E S E. q H.
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|-12--12-12--------------------------|-------------|
|-12--12-12--12-----12-----12-12-----|-10----------|
|-10--10-10--12-----12-----12-12-----|-10----------|
|-10--10-10--10-----10-----10-10-----|--8----------|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E q H.
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------|
|-12-----12--14-16-----14---------16-|-17----------|
|--x------x---x--x------x----------x-|--x----------|
|-10-----10--12-14-----12---------14-|-15----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------|
G5 D5 C5
E S E. Q E S E. q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|-12--12-12--------------------------|-----------||
|-12--12-12--12-----12-----12-12-----|-10--------||
|-10--10-10--12-----12-----12-12-----|-10--------||
|-10--10-10--10-----10-----10-10-----|--8--------||
|
| E. E. E E. E. E q H.
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|------------------------------------|-----------||
|-12-----12--14-16-----16---------14-|-12--------||
|--x------x---x--x------x----------x-|--x--------||
|-10-----10--12-14-----14---------12-|-10--------||
|------------------------------------|-----------||
Outro
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0------|
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|----4--(4)-----2--(2)-----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0-|
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0------|
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|----4--(4)-----2--(2)-----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-----|
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0-|
G5 E5 G5 Dadd11C
PM----|
E S S S S Q E E E E S E S Q S S E E
||---------------------|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3---|
||o--------------------|-3-3-3-1-1--1-1-1---|
||--0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0---|
||--0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|-4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2---|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-0-|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-0-|
||--3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0-|
G5 E5 G5 Dadd11C
PM----|
E S S S S Q E E E E S E S Q S S E E
|--------------------|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3----||
|--------------------|-3-3-3-1-1--1-1-1---o||
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0----||
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|-4-4-4-2-2--2-2-2----||
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-0-|-5-5-5-3-3--3-3-3-0-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-0--||
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
||---------------------|--------------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------------|
||--0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0------|
||--0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|----4--(4)-----2--(2)-----|
||o-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-----|
||--3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0-|
G5 E5 G5 E5 Dadd11 C
PM----| PM|
E S S S S Q E E E E E E Q E E S S
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------------o||
|-0-x-x-x-x----0-0---|--------0----------0---------||
|-0-x-x-x-x-2--0-0---|----4--(4)-----2--(2)--------||
|-x-x-x-x-x-2--x-x-2-|-5-(5)-(5)-3--(3)-(3)-------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-0--3-3-0-|----------------------0-0----||
G5 D5
PM|
E S e. Q Q S S
|--3-------3--3-------------------||
|--3-------3--3-------3---3-------||
|--0-------0--0-------2---2---2-2-||
|--0-------0--0-------0---0---0-0-||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E S E. Q Q.
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|-12b12.5-12-12b12.5--------------||
|--x-------x--x------12--12-------||
|-10b10.5-10-10b10.5--x---x-------||
|--------------------10--10-------||
C G
4/4 2/4 4/4
W +H W +W 5x
|------------||---------||----------||----------||
|--1---------||--(1)----||-0--------||o-(0)----o||
|-(0)--------||--(0)----||-0--------||--(0)-----||
|--2---------||--(2)----||-0--------||--(0)-----||
|--3---------||--(3)----||-2--------||o-(2)----o||
|------------||---------||-3--------||--(3)-----||
|
| W +H W W 5x
|------------||---------||----------||----------||
|-13---------||-(13)----||----------||o--------o||
|--x---------||---------||----------||----------||
|-10---------||-(10)----||----------||----------||
|------------||---------||----------||o--------o||
|------------||---------||----------||----------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
