The Big Come Down
By Zakk Valensky (Zakk9999@aol.com)
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Notation
b bend
gb gradual bend
pb pre-bend
br bend and return
bp bend then pull off
/ slide up
\ slide down
~~ vibrato
h hammer on
p pull off
PM palm mute
X muted or scraped note
H harmonic
(#) I think I hear this note,but maybe not.or.sounds cool with it there...
*** tremolo pick
[: :] repeat
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Dropped-D tuning
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G---------7-----11-----------7----11~~~--11-11---13-13-13----
D---------6-----10-----------6----10~~~--10-10---12-12-12----
A--3-5--X-5--X---9----3-5--X-5--X--9------9--9---11-11-11----
D--0-0--X----X--------0-0--X----X----------------------------
CHORUS
D--8---------5---------0------------
A--8-(x11)---5-(x11)---0-(x3)-------
D--8---------5---------0------------
Descending melody over this:
D----12-10-8-7-5-4---
A--------------------
D--12----------------
These parts can be combined like this:
D--8--12--10--8--7--5--4---
A--8---8---8--5--5--5--0---
D--8---8---8--5--5--5--0---
2nd VERSE
Add this:
e----------------------
B--7h8p7-7b8--7--6-6---
G--7-7-7-7----7--5-5---
D--0-0-0-0----0--0-0---
A----------------------
D----------------------
BRIDGE
A----3-----
D--0---0---
...with...
e---------
B---------
G--5~~----
D--3~~----
A---------
D---------
...then...
e-----------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D--12-10-12-10-12--10-12-10--(X2)--12-10-12-10\19--10-12-10-
A-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------
B----------13-11-10----------
G-------------------12-11----
D---12--10-------------------
A----------------------------
D----------------------------
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