The Rolling Stones – Stop Breaking Down (Ukulele)

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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 G5/C =========== X00000 (mute after each down-up stroke) C5/F =========== X55555 D5/G =========== 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: | G5/C | G5/C | G5/C | | G5/C | G5/C x2 Verse 1:

G5/C
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street, 

G5/C
Some prett-y mama start breaking down on me. 

C5/F                                   G5/C
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down.

D5/G                                    C5/F 
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby, 

                                           G5/C
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.

Verse 2:

G5/C
You Saturday night women, now, you just ape and clown, 

G5/C
You don't do nothing but tear my reputation down. 

C5/F                                   G5/C
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down. 

D5/G                                    C5/F 
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,

                                           G5/C
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.

G5/C
Alright, alright...

G5/C
I love my baby ninety-nine degrees,

G5/C 
But that mama got a pistol, laid it down on me.

C5/F                                   G5/C
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down. 

D5/G                                    C5/F 
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,

                                      G5/C
Yeah, gonna make you l-os-e your mind.

Verse 4:

G5/C
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street,

G5/C
Some pretty woman start breaking down on me. 

C5/F                                   G5/C
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down.

D5/G                                     C5/F
Stuff is gonna bust your brain out, baby, 

                                           G5/C
I Tell ya, gonna make you l-o-se your mind.

| G5/C | C5/F G5/C | D5/G C5/F | G5/C | 
One more time!... (Piano Riff)

| G5/C | C5/F G5/C | D5/G C5/F | G5/C | [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."