Downbeat

-----Downbeat by Less Than Jake                  !SKA!
-----Transcription by BriAndyW             briandyw@aol.com

        I tried my best to figure this out by ear so if its wrong tell me
and i'll try to fix it...

The beginning has 2 G power chords...

Verse #1
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----5-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-5-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-9-X-9-X-9-X-9-----
G----6-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-6-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-9-X-9-X-9-X-9-----
D----7-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-7-X-9-X-9-X-9-X-9-----
A------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
  w/a upicking ska motion

Verse #2
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------7--7--5--5-5-5-5------------------------------------
D----5--5--5-5--5-5--7--7--5--5-5-5-5------------------------------------
A----5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5--3--3-3-3-3------------------------------------
E----3--3--3-3--3-3------------------------------------------------------
  w/ distortion

The song basically goes like this...

        Intro.. Verse #1 2x
        Verse #1 2x
        Verse #2 4x
        Verse #1 2x
        Verse #2 4x
        Verse #1 2x
        Verse #1 2x slower tempo
        Verse #1 improvise
        bass solo
        Verse #1 4x
        improvise ending

Well you can e-mail me at briandyw@aol.com, if someone wants to do the bass
lines for Downbeat or Jen then that would be cool...




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