ANIMALS - "Dont Bring Me Down" Tablature

Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 17:32:17 -0400
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: a/animals/dont_bring_me_down.crd

"Don't Bring Me Down"
(Gerry Goffin - Carole King)

Intro:

organ arr. for guitar [chords implied] w/bass and drums:

(C7) (C9)
v v v v v v v v
---|-----------------|-----------------
---|-1-1-----1-1-----|-3-3-----3-3-----
---|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-----
-5-|-------5-------5-|-------5-------5-
---|-----------------|-----------------
---|-----------------|-----------------

(C7) (C7sus4)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-5-5-----5-5-----|-6-6-----6---6---
-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3---3---
-------5-------5-|-------5---------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------

[bass tacit 1st repeat of intro]

fuzz guitar w/tremolo:

C5 Bb5 A5 F5 C5
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/---------------|-/-------/---/---|-/-------|---------

organ:

(C) (Bb) C Bb
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------


fuzz guitar w/tremolo:

C5 Bb5 A5 F5 C5
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-/---------------|-/-------/---/---|-/-------|---------

organ:

(C) (Bb) G7sus4 [/C 2nd time]
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------|---------|---------


Verse 1 [no guitar; organ chords shown]:

C7 F7sus4 F7
[1: Though] you complain and criticize
C7 F7sus4 F7
I feel I'm nothin' in your eyes
C7 F7sus4 F7
It makes me feel like giving up
C7 F7sus4 F7
Because my best just ain't good enough

G7sus4
Girl, I want to provide for you
G7
And do all the things that you want me to, but

Chorus:

[organ chords shown; fuzz guitar plays C5, Bb5 (tacit last chord)]

C Bbsus4 Bb C Bbsus4 Bb
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down [1: I'm beggin, you, darling]
[2: Oh no, no, no, no, no]
C Bbsus4 Bb [1: G7 2: 2-bar piano fill (C)]
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down

Verse 2:

fuzz guitar [first four lines]:

(C) (F7sus4) (F7)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------3---1-|-------0---------
(3)----------3---|-----------3---1-
(sacrifices...)

Sacrifices I will make
I'm ready to give as well as take
One thing I need is your respect
One thing I can't take is your neglect

G7sus4 [guitar plays D5: xx023x]
More than anything, I need your love
G7
Then troubles are easy to rise above

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro]

[repeat verse 1 w/fuzz guitar as per verse 2]

Coda:

C Bb C Bb [continue]
Oh, oh no, don't bring me down
I'm beggin' oh, no, don't bring me down, oh no no
Baby, please, oh no, no, don't bring me down
(please, baby, don't bring me down you know I need)
I need your tender loving
(Oh, woman, you can't do that to me)
Oh, please, don't bring me down
(unintelligible)
Oh, baby, baby, don't hurt me
(Don't hurt me don't hurt me please) [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers