Electric Light Orchestra – Dont Bring Me Down (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by Electric Light Orchestra (From the 1979 Album DISCOVERY) Words and Music by Jeff Lynne Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Lynne - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Jeff Lynne - Synthesizer' Intro Q=116 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr.) Wx2 H E E +E E
|------------|------------------|
|------------|------------------|
|------------|--------7b9r(7)-5-|
|------------|------------------|
|------------|------------------|
|------------|------------------|

  W          +H     +E  E   +E  E   a W          +H     +E  E   +E  E
|----------|----------------------|------------|----------------------||
|----------|----------------------|------------|----------------------||
|----------|------------7b9r(7)-5-|------------|------------7b9r(7)-5-||
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-----------|-5h7--------|-(7)----(7)-----------||
|----------|----------------------|------------|----------------------||
|----------|----------------------|------------|----------------------||

 1st Verse
  N.C.
  a W          +H     +E  E   +E  E   a W          +H     +E  E E E
|------------|----------------------|------------|-------------------|
|------------|----------------------|------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------7b9r(7)-5-|------------|--------------5-7--|
|-5h7--------|-(7)----(7)-----------|-5h7--------|-(7)----(7)-7------|
|------------|----------------------|------------|-------------------|
|------------|----------------------|------------|-------------------|

  W          +H     +E  E   +E  E   W          +W
|----------|----------------------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|--------|
|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7b9r(7)-5-|----------|--------|
|----------|----------------------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|----------|----------------------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------------------|----------|--------|

  W          H    E E   E E   W          +H     +E  E   +E  E
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------------||
|----------|--------7b9-7-5-|----------|------------7b9r(7)-5--||
|----------|----------------|-7--------|-(7)----(7)------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-----------------------||

 2nd Verse
  N.C.
  a H.      E E   Q     Q  E E   +E  E   H.      E E   +Q   Q  E E E E
|---------------|-8b10-----------------|---------8-5-|-(5)-------------|
|-------------5-|----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------7b9r(7)-5-|-------------|-------------5-7-|
|-5h7-------7---|----------------------|-7-----------|-----------7-----|
|---------------|----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------------|-------------|-----------------|

  H.      +E  S   +S    H    E E   +E  E   H    +E  E   E E     +E  E Q  H
|---------------------|------------------|----------------8b9-|-(8)-----------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-7-------(7)-7b9-(7)-|--------7b9r(7)-5-|----------7b9-------|---------------|
|---------------------|------------------|-7----(7)-----------|---------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------|

  W          H    E E   E E   H    H      H    E E E E
|----------|----------------|-----------|---------------||
|----------|----------------|-----------|---------------||
|----------|--------7b9-7-5-|-----------|---------------||
|----------|----------------|-7---------|---------------||
|----------|----------------|-----------|---------------||
|----------|----------------|-----------|--------0-1-2--||

 Chorus
  F#m/A                     A
  E S S E S S E S S E S S   E E S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2-|
|
| Gtr II (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
| W                         W
|-2-----------------------|-0-------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------------------|
|-2-----------------------|-2-------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|

  F#m/A                 A
  E S S E S S E E E E   E E S S S S E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2--|
|
| W                     W
|-2-------------------|-0--------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2--------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2--------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|

  F#m/A                 A
  E S S E E E S S E E   E E S S E E S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| W                     W
|-2-------------------|-0-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|

  E/B
  E S S E E E E E E    E  S S S S S S E E   E E
|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------7b9-7-5-||
|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------||
|
| W                   +H.                   Q
|-4-----------------|-(4)-----------------------||
|-5-----------------|-(5)-----------------------||
|-4-----------------|-(4)-----------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------||

   3rd & 4th Verses
    A/C#
    H.      E E     +E  E Q  E E   E E   H.      E     E    Q.   E E E E E
||----------7-8b9-|-(8)----------------|---------8b8.5-5-|--5--------------|
||o---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------|------------7b9-7-5-|-----------------|-------------5-7-|
||--7-------------|--------------------|-7---------------|-----------7-----|
||o---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
|   W               +W                   W                 +W
||--5-------------|-(5)----------------|-5---------------|-(5)-------------|
||o-5-------------|-(5)----------------|-5---------------|-(5)-------------|
||--6-------------|-(6)----------------|-6---------------|-(6)-------------|
||----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

  D
  W           H     E E   +E  E   H.      E E     +E  E Q  H
|----------|--------------------|-----------8b9-|-(8)-----------|
|----------|--------------------|---------5-----|---------------|
|-7--------|----------7b9r(7)-5-|---------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------------|-7-------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| W          +W                   W               +W
|-5--------|-(5)----------------|-5-------------|-(5)-----------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------------|-5-------------|-(5)-----------|
|-7--------|-(7)----------------|-6-------------|-(6)-----------|
|----------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|--------------------|---------------|---------------|

                             1.
  C          G/B  D/A         A/C#
  W          H    E E   E E   W          +H     E E   +E  E
|----------|----------------|----------|----------------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|---------------------o||
|----------|--------7b9-7-5-|----------|----------7b9r(7)-5---||
|----------|----------------|-7--------|-(7)------------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|---------------------o||
|----------|----------------|----------|----------------------||
|
| W          H    H           W          +W
|-3--------|-3----2---------|-5--------|-(5)------------------||
|-5--------|-3----3---------|-5--------|-(5)-----------------o||
|-5--------|-4----2---------|-6--------|-(6)------------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|----------------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|---------------------o||
|----------|----------------|----------|----------------------||

                                Chorus
  2.
  A/C#                           F#m/A
  W          +E  E Q  E E E E    E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------|------------------||--------------------------|
|----------|------------------||--------------------------|
|----------|------------------||--------------------------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------------||--------------------------|
|----------|------------------||--------------------------|
|----------|------------0-1-2-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|
| W          +E  E Q  H          W
|-5--------|-(5)--------------||-2------------------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------------||-2------------------------|
|-6--------|-(6)--------------||-2------------------------|
|----------|------------------||--------------------------|
|----------|------------------||--------------------------|
|----------|------------------||--------------------------|

  A                     F#m/A                 A
  E E S S S S E E E E   E S S E S S E E E E   E E S S S S E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-1-2-|
|
| W                     W                     W
|-0-------------------|-2-------------------|-0-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

  F#m/A                 A
  E S S E E E S S E E   E E S S E E S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|
| W                     W
|-2-------------------|-0-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|
|-2-------------------|-2-------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|

  E S S E E E E E E    E  S S S S S S E E   E E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------7b9-7-5-|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|
|
| W                   +W
|-4-----------------|-(4)-----------------------|
|-5-----------------|-(5)-----------------------|
|-4-----------------|-(4)-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|

             5th Verse
  N.C.        N.C.
  W           W          W          W
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|------|

             D                                      A/C#
  W          H.      E   +E     H     E E   +E  E   W
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|------|
|----------|---------7b8r(7)-|--------------------|------|
|----------|-7-------7b9r(7)-|----------7b9r(7)-5-|------|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|-7----|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|------|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|------|
|
| Gtr II
| W          W                 +W                   W
|----------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------|-5----|
|----------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|-5----|
|----------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|-6----|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|------|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|------|
|----------|-----------------|--------------------|------|

                     C/E        G/D  D      A/C#
   E   +E  Q  H      W          W           W
|--8b9-(8)---------|----------|-----------|------|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|
| +W                 W          H    H      W
|-(5)--------------|-8--------|-7----5----|-5----|
|-(5)--------------|-8--------|-8----7----|-5----|
|-(6)--------------|-9--------|-7----7----|-6----|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|
|------------------|----------|-----------|------|

                       Interlude
                        F#m/A
   H      E   E E E     H    +E  E Q
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||o---------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||o---------------|
|------------/5-4-3-||--2----(2)-0-2--|
|
| +H     +Q.      E     W
|-(5)----(5)--------||--2-------------|
|-(5)----(5)--------||o-2-------------|
|-(6)----(6)--------||--2-------------|
|-------------------||----------------|
|-------------------||o---------------|
|-------------------||----------------|

 1.,2.               2.
  A                   A              E/B
   H    +E  E E E  3x  H.      Q     H.      +E   S   S
|------------------||--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------o||--------------|----------------------|
|------------------||--------------|----------------------|
|------------------||--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------o||--------------|----------------------|
|-/5----(5)-5-4-3--||-/5-------5\--|-0-------(0)-[2]-[2]--|
|
|  W               3x  W             W
|--0---------------||--0-----------|-4--------------------|
|--2--------------o||--2-----------|-5--------------------|
|--2---------------||--2-----------|-4--------------------|
|------------------||--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------o||--------------|----------------------|
|------------------||--------------|----------------------|

                                          6th Verse
                                           A/C#
   E   S   S   +E    E   +E   E   +E  E    H    +E  E Q
|---------------------------------------||------------8b9--|
|---------------------------------------||----------5------|
|-----------------------------7b9r(7)-5-||-----------------|
|---------------------------------------||-7----(7)--------|
|---------------------------------------||-----------------|
|-[2]-[2]-[4]-([4])-[5]-([5])-----------||-----------------|
|
|  H.                              Q       W
|--4------------------------------------||-5---------------|
|--5------------------------------------||-5---------------|
|--4------------------------------------||-6---------------|
|---------------------------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------------------------||-----------------|

   H     E E   +E  E   H    +E   E    E  E
|--5-----------------|----------10b12---10b10.5-|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|----------7b9r(7)-5-|--------------------------|
|--------------------|-7----(7)-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +W                   W
|-(5)----------------|-5------------------------|
|-(5)----------------|-5------------------------|
|-(6)----------------|-6------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|

                      D
   E  E E E E E E E   H.      E   +E
|-----8---5---------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------7b8r(7)-|
|---------------5-7-|-7-------7b9r(7)-|
|-------------7-----|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|
| +W                  W
|-(5)---------------|-5---------------|
|-(5)---------------|-7---------------|
|-(6)---------------|-7---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|

                             A/C#
   E   +Q.   +E  E   +E  E   H.      E   E
|--------------------------|---------8b9----|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--7b9r(7)---(7)-7b9r(7)-5-|----------------|
|--------------------------|-7--------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|
| +W                         W
|-(5)----------------------|-5--------------|
|-(7)----------------------|-5--------------|
|-(7)----------------------|-6--------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|

                    C/E        G/D  D             A/C#
   H.         Q     W          H    E E   +E  E   H.      E E
|--5--------------|----------|------------------|-----------8--|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|---------5----|
|-----------------|----------|--------7b9r(7)-5-|--------------|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|-7------------|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|--------------|
|
| +H     +Q.    E   W          H    H             W
|-(5)----(5)------|-8--------|-7----5-----------|-5------------|
|-(5)----(5)------|-8--------|-8----7-----------|-5------------|
|-(6)----(6)------|-9--------|-7----7-----------|-6------------|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------|------------------|--------------|

                             A/E
  +E    +E  Q  E E   +E  E    W           +H      +E  E   +E  E    W
|-(8)b9-(8)----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|--------------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|----------------7b9r(7)-5-|-----------|--------------7b9r(7)-5-|-------|
|--------------------------|--7--------|--(7)-----(7)-----------|--7----|
|--------------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|--------------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|
| +H.                 Q       W           +H      +H               W
|-(5)----------------------|--9--------|--(9)-----(9)-----------|--9----|
|-(5)----------------------|-10--------|-(10)----(10)-----------|-10----|
|-(6)----------------------|--9--------|--(9)-----(9)-----------|--9----|
|--------------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|--------------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|
|--------------------------|-----------|------------------------|-------|

                      D/F#                              A/E
   +H     +E  E E E    W           +H     +E  E   E E    W
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------|
|---------------5-7-|-/7--------|--(7)----(7)-7b9-7-5-|-------|
|--(7)----(7)-7-----|-----------|---------------------|--7----|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------|
|
|  +W                  W           +W                    W
|--(9)--------------|-10--------|-(10)----------------|--9----|
|-(10)--------------|-10--------|-(10)----------------|-10----|
|--(9)--------------|-11--------|-(11)----------------|--9----|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------|
|-------------------|-----------|---------------------|-------|

                     C/E        G/D  D
   +H       H        W          H    E E   +E  E   W
|------------------|----------|------------------|------*|
|------------------|----------|------------------|------*|
|------------------|----------|--------7b9r(7)-5-|------*|
|--(7)-------------|----------|------------------|------*|
|------------------|----------|------------------|------*|
|------------------|----------|------------------|------*|
|
|  +H      +Q.   E   W          H    H             W
|--(9)-----(9)-----|-8--------|-7----5-----------|------*|
|-(10)----(10)-----|-8--------|-8----7-----------|------*|
|--(9)-----(9)-----|-9--------|-7----7-----------|------*|
|------------------|----------|------------------|------*|
|------------------|----------|------------------|------*|
|------------------|----------|------------------|------*|
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