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Downtown by Neil Young
Downtown
Natural Amp Distortion throughout
Main Riff and Chorus:
E D A
E-------5--5--5-5--|
B--9-7--5--5--5-5--|
G--9-7--6--6--6-6--|
D--9-7--7--7--7-7--|
A--7-5--7--7--7-7--|
E-O-----5--5--5-5--|
After the A sometimes Mike McCready throws in a little riff and then slides up the
neck with the same position:
E-------5-------5--|
B-----5-------5----|
G--7b------7b------|
Riff after the Chorus:
E------------------|
B--5--5-4--5-4--2--|
G--5--5-4--5-4--2--|
D--5--5-4--5-4--2--|
A--3--3-2--3-2--O--|
E------------------|
Solo right after the part after the chorus:
E-------5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----5-----------8b--------------------------------------------------------|
G--7b------7-5--------7b-7-5---5-5--5-------7b-7-5-(pull off)-7b-7-5---5----|
D--------------7-------------7-----7--7-5-7---------7----------------7---7--|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------8-------10b--8----8--8----|
B-----8-8--10---10--8--------10-----10--|
G--/9-----------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|
There's a place called Downtown
Where the hippies all go
And they dance the charleston
And they do the limbo
Yeah the hippies all go there
'Cause they want to be seen
It's like a room full of pictures
It's like a psychedelic dream
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown at night
Downtown
Let's have a party
Downtown at night
Yeah it's right around the corner
Up and down the hill
When you hear the band playin'
It's gonna give you a chill
Give your money to the gateman
Young blood in his eye
Hold on to your baby
When you slip into the sky
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Jimi's playin' in the back room
Led Zeppelin on stage
There's a mirror ball twirlin'
And a note from Page
Like a water-washed diamond
In a river of sin
Goin' down like a whirlpool
When you get sucked in
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Let's have a party
Downtown all right
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version 2
E D A
E--------2---------------|
B--------3--2--2-2-2-2---|
G-----1--2--2--2-2-2-2---|
D-----2-----2--2-2-2-2---|
A-----2------------------|
E--0--0------------------|
To go along with the chords E D A as posted
Add C B A for that chorus bit or whatever it's called.
For improvising those solos and fills try the 2nd string 12 fret and
2nd string 10 fret area. Also the 1st&2nd string 3rd and 5th fret area
is a good spot to mess around during this song.
There's a place called Downtown
Where the hippies all go
And they dance the charleston
And they do the limbo
Yeah the hippies all go there
'Cause they want to be seen
It's like a room full of pictures
It's like a psychedelic dream
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown at night
Downtown
Let's have a party
Downtown at night
Yeah it's right around the corner
Up and down the hill
When you hear the band playin'
It's gonna give you a chill
Give your money to the gateman
Young blood in his eye
Hold on to your baby
When you slip into the sky
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Jimi's playin' in the back room
Led Zeppelin on stage
There's a mirror ball twirlin'
And a note from Page
Like a water-washed diamond
In a river of sin
Goin' down like a whirlpool
When you get sucked in
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Let's have a party
Downtown all right
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version 3
E D A
e--------------------------------|
b--------------------------------|
g-----9--7-----------------------|
d-----9--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----|
a-----7--5--7--7--7--7--7--7-----|
e---0-------5--5--5--5--5--5-----|
Then bend the A's on the 2nd time..
The whole song is pretty much the same.
There's a place called Downtown
Where the hippies all go
And they dance the charleston
And they do the limbo
Yeah the hippies all go there
'Cause they want to be seen
It's like a room full of pictures
It's like a psychedelic dream
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown at night
Downtown
Let's have a party
Downtown at night
Yeah it's right around the corner
Up and down the hill
When you hear the band playin'
It's gonna give you a chill
Give your money to the gateman
Young blood in his eye
Hold on to your baby
When you slip into the sky
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Jimi's playin' in the back room
Led Zeppelin on stage
There's a mirror ball twirlin'
And a note from Page
Like a water-washed diamond
In a river of sin
Goin' down like a whirlpool
When you get sucked in
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Hear the band playin'
Downtown all right
Downtown
Let's go downtown
Downtown tonight
Downtown
Let's have a party
Downtown all right
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