SCORPIONS - "when the smoke is going down" Tablature

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From: =?koi8-r?B?4czFy9PFyiD00s/Rzs/X?= <alex_troy@mail.ru>
Subject: s/scorpions/when_the_smoke_is_going_down.tab
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:23:19 +0400

Scorpions
When the smoke is going down
(Schenker/Meine)
Album: 1982 Blackout
Tabbed by Alexey Troyanov

Riff A (Opening):

-----1--------3--1--0-----|-----1-----------0--------|--
--------3--------------3--|--------3-----------3-----|--
-----------2--------------|-----------2-----------2--|--
--0-----------------------|--------------------------|--
--------------------------|--1-----------3-----------|--
--------------------------|--------------------------|--


Riff B:

----1--------1--------0---|-----0--------0--------0--|--
-------3--------3---------|--------1--------1--------|--
----------2--------2------|-----------0--------0-----|--
-0------------------------|--------------------------|--
--------------------------|--3-----------------------|--
--------------------------|--------------------------|--

During the verses, alternate between Riff B and Riff A.


Chorus (with heavy distortion):

(A Maj) (D Min) (Eb Maj) (D Min)
I climb the stage again tonight, and the place seems still alive

(C Maj) (D Min)
When the smoke is going down...



Also, here's my version of the solo:

=======================================================================
Here 10/11 means slide from 10 to 11
10/(12) means play 10 and bend a whole step to 12
10/(12)\10 means play 10, bend a whole step up, then release bend
to come back down
(22)\20 means pre-bend to 22, play, then release to 20

Vertical lines are not bar lines, but only divide things up logically
=======================================================================


----------------8---------|---------8--10/(12)\10------|-
---8--8--10/11------------|--10/11-----------------10--|-
-------------------9--10--|----------------------------|-
--------------------------|----------------------------|-
--------------------------|----------------------------|-
--------------------------|----------------------------|-


---------------15--------------|----------15/(17)\15----------|-
---15--17--18------17----------|--17--18--------------15--17--|-
-----------------------17------|------------------------------|-
---------------------------14--|------------------------------|-
-------------------------------|------------------------------|-
-------------------------------|------------------------------|-


( approx. )
(1/4 step bend)
---17--18--20--22--20--22-----20--22----|--10--------|-
----------------------------------------|----10------|-
----------------------------------------|------10----|-
----------------------------------------|--------12--|-
----------------------------------------|------------|-
----------------------------------------|------------|-


---20--20--20--20--|--17/(18)\17------------------------------------
-------------------|--------------18--20--18--20--20/(22)--(22)\20--
-------------------|------------------------------------------------
-------------------|------------------------------------------------
-------------------|------------------------------------------------
-------------------|------------------------------------------------


---------------|----------------------|-
---18--17--18--|--18/(20)\18--17------|-
---------------|------------------19--|-
---------------|----------------------|-
---------------|----------------------|-
---------------|----------------------|-

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