The Rolling Stones – Stop Breaking Down (Guitar)

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Artist: The Rolling Stones Song: Stop Breaking Down (1972) Written: Robert Johnson (1937) Album: Exile On Main Street - Remastered (2010) URL's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_on_Main_St.; http://www.youtube.com/ www.goldminemag.com/article/engineer-andy-johns-discusses-the-making-of-the- rolling-stones-exile-on-main-street [1] Tempo: Adante Author: Tab annotated by rikigo [[email protected]] Chords: (in Open G) Top low E string removed. XGDGBD E5/A =========== X00000 (mute after each down-up stroke) A5/D =========== X55555 B5/E =========== X77777 Method: Played as down-up strokes, where the 5th chord (X543XX)is struck on the 'down' and the return 'up' is the major (X54321) chord. Intro: | E5/A | E5/A | E5/A | | E5/A | E5/A x2 Verse 1:

E5/A
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street, 

E5/A
Some prett-y mama start breaking down on me. 

A5/D                                   E5/A
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down.

B5/E                                    A5/D 
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby, 

                                           E5/A
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.

Verse 2:

E5/A
You Saturday night women, now, you just ape and clown, 

E5/A
You don't do nothing but tear my reputation down. 

A5/D                                   E5/A
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down. 

B5/E                                    A5/D 
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,

                                           E5/A
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.

E5/A
Alright, alright...

E5/A
I love my baby ninety-nine degrees,

E5/A 
But that mama got a pistol, laid it down on me.

A5/D                                   E5/A
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down. 

B5/E                                    A5/D 
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,

                                      E5/A
Yeah, gonna make you l-os-e your mind.

Verse 4:

E5/A
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street,

E5/A
Some pretty woman start breaking down on me. 

A5/D                                   E5/A
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down.

B5/E                                     A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust your brain out, baby, 

                                           E5/A
I Tell ya, gonna make you l-o-se your mind.

| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A | 
One more time!... (Piano Riff)

| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A | [End] Notes: 1."But with 'Exile," 'cause its mostly blues-based stuff. "Stop Breaking Down" is probably my favourite track. I remember getting Mick to play harmonica on that. It did not seem like it was finished. My brother (Glyn) had recorded earlier. I said, 'We've got to use this' because Mick Taylor plays some gorgeous lines and I’m very sure that it’s Mick Jagger playing the rhythm guitar as well. That's why it’s a little choppier."