George Harrison – Cheer Down (Guitar Live)

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Song: Cheer Down (Live) Artist: George Harrison Capo: None BPM: 115 BPM Time: 4|4 [CHORDS] EADGBe A X02220 D XX0232 Gm 355333 C 335553 or C/G 332010 (Applause & drumstick count-in) [INTRO] [Lead guitar over) | D Gm | A D | D Gm | ...

RIFF 1 (with sustained slide)
||e-----|---------|-----|
||B-7/5-|-5/7-5/3-|-3/--|
||G-----|---------|---3-|
||D-----|---------|-----|
||A-----|---------|-----|
||E-----|---------|-----|

[VERSE 1]

A     D
I can see by your grin,

            C              Gm
That you're trembling with-in.

     D        Gm
It's all over town,

A     D
Cheer down.

[VERSE 2]

A       D
And the smile on your face,

        C            Gm
Is some-times out of place.(Aha-a)

      D           Gm
Don't mind, don't frown,

A     D
Cheer down.

[CHORUS 1] Gm D (ascending piano chords) If your hair should fall, Gm D (ascending piano chords) If your shares should crash.

Gm                 D
You'll get by even without,

          A
Getting a rash.

[VERSE 3]

           D
There's no tears to be shed, (Cheer down, ah-h)

          C           Gm
I'm gonna love you in-stead. (Cheer down, cheer down)

  D        Gm
I want you around,

A     D    Gm  A
Cheer down.

[INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] | D | C | Gm D | | D | Gm | A D |

RIFF 2 (with sustained slide)
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||B-----|-----------|----------|-----------|
||G-3/5-|-5/7-7-5---|-5/3------|---3-------|
||D-----|-----------|------5---|-5---------|
||A-----|-----------|----------|-----------|
||E-----|-----------|----------|-----------|

||e-----|-----------|----------|-----------|
||B-----|-----------|----------|-----------|
||G-3/5-|-7/5-14/11-|-11/9-----|-11/9-9/14-|
||D-----|-----------|-------12-|-----------|
||A-----|-----------|----------|-----------|
||E-----|-----------|----------|-----------|

[CHORUS 2] Gm D. (ascending piano chords) When your teeth drop out,

Gm                 D
You'll get by even without,

         A
Taking a bite.

[VERSE 4]

        D
If your dog should be dead, (Cheer down, ah-h)

          C           Gm
I'm gonna love you in-stead. (Cheer down, cheer down)

    D             Gm
The world loves a clown,

A     D    Gm  A
Cheer down.

[PRE-CHORUS 1]

D            Gm
I want you a-round,(Cheer down, ah-h)

A     D
Cheer down.

[INTERLUDE] (Lead guitar over) | D | Gm | A | D |(Ah-a, Cheer down) | C | Gm | A | D |(Ah-a, Cheer down)

RIFF 3 (with sustained slide)
||e----------|----------|--------|---------|
||B----------|----------|--------|---------|
||G-9/7-5/7-9|-9/7-5/3-2|-7/9-11-|-11-9/7--|
||D----------|----------|--------|-------7-|
||A----------|----------|--------|---------|
||E----------|----------|--------|---------|

||e-------------|-------|--------|---------|
||B-------------|-------|--------|---------|
||G-14/16-10/11-|-11--9-|-9/11-9-|-9/7-7---|
||D-------------|-------|--------|-------7-|
||A-------------|-------|--------|---------|
||E-------------|-------|--------|---------|

[CODA] | D | Gm | A | D |(Ah-a, Cheer down) 5x

RIFF 3 (with sustained slide)
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||B---------|----------|--------|----------|
||G-9/7-5/7-|-9/7-5/3-2|-7/9-11-|-11-9/7---|
||D---------|----------|--------|--------7-|
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||e---------|----------|--------|----------|
||B---------|----------|--------|----------|
||G-3/14-11-|-9/7-5/3-2|-7/9-11-|-11-9/7---|
||D---------|----------|--------|--------7-|
||A---------|----------|--------|----------|
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||e-------------|-------|--------|---------|
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||G-14/16-10/11-|-11--9-|-9/11-9-|-9/7-7---|
||D-------------|-------|--------|-------7-|
||A-------------|-------|--------|---------|
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||e-------------|------|--------|----------|
||B-------------|------|--------|----------|
||G-14/16-10/11-|11--9-|14/16-19|-16-19/16-|
||D-------------|------|--------|--------16|
||A-------------|------|--------|----------|
||E-------------|------|--------|----------|

||e-10^10^10|--10^10^10-|-2---2/3--|-7/(5)-||
||B-10^10^10|--10^10^10-|--2--2/3--|-7/(5)-||
||G-10^10^10|--10^10^10-|---2-2/3--|-7/(5)-||
||D---------|-----------|----------|-------||
||A---------|-----------|----------|-------||
||E---------|-----------|----------|-------||

[Fade] George:"Thank you, thank you very much!" [END] NOTES: 1. I apologise in advance, as this is my approximate reading of the George's live performance slide Lead. 2. The well-rounded lyrics are helped in part by Tom Petty's assistance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheer_Down