Guitar tablature for "Knock Me Down" by "Red Hot Chili Peppers"
Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Piece: Knock Me Down
Instrument: Guitar
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Mon, 25 Sep 95 15:52:37 EDT From: Winston Campbell Subject: KNOCK ME DOWN by The Red Hot Chili Peppers I was awed into dismay when I saw no trace of this song on the internet. So I decided to figure it out (guitar-wise). I find that some of the lead guitar lines are difficult to figure out so I have just transcribed the simplest chordal parts of this song. I am not sure that most of the minor chords are sevenths but the song has a cool sound to it and minor sevenths usually do that. So examine this and write back if you find a problem or if you want to discuss how it is possible for an object~s dimension to approach infinity while it~s mass approaches zero while approaching the speed of light. The opening riff is: E ---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---| B -------------------6-|-------------------6h8p6-|-------------------6-|---| G -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-2-| D -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-3-| A -----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-----3--0-7-0-3-5--------|-----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-3-| E -3h5-----------------|-3h5---------------------|-3h5-----------------|-1-| Of course you hold the F chord at the end then the verse appears: Dm Am7 Gm7 Never too soon to be through Dm C Bb Being cool too much too soon Dm Am7 Gm7 Too much for me, too much for you A5 Bb You~re gonna lose in time Em7 Bm7 Am7* Don~t be afraid to show your friends Em7 D C That you hurt inside, inside Em7 Bm7 Pain~s part of life Am7* Don~t hide behind your false pride B5 C It~s a lie, you lie D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life Dm Am7 Gm7 Dm C Bb Dm Am7 Gm7 I~m tired of being untouchable Dm C Bb I~m not above the love Dm Am7 Gm7 I~m part of you and you~re part of me A5 Bb Why did you go away Em7 Bm7 Am7* Finding what you~re looking for can end up C#m7 G#m7 F#m7 Being such a bore Em7 Bm7 Am7* I pray for you most everyday, I pray for you C#m7 G#m7 F#m7 Now fly away D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life (very quickly now, the guitar and bass plays: G --------- D --------- When the guitar plays the 6th fret (the Bb note), it also plays A -5p0-7--- a power chord on it and therefore from that note the guitar E -------6- plays a series of chords that go: Bb5 G5 G5/Bb5 F5 C5 Bb5 Cool solo part: A5 F A5 F G5 F A all I just did here was to write down the rhythm chords, I have and will not do the solo (as little as it may seem). If you listen to the album, you can figure out how these chords come in. The G5/Bb5 part is when the guitar slides from G5 to Bb5. Listen and you shall hear, my child. Anyway, the rest goes something like this: D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life D5 C5 If you see me getting mighty D5 C5 If you see me getting high Am Em Knock me down Em(?) I~m not bigger than life F#5 E5 If you see me getting mighty F#5 E5 If you see me getting high C#m G#m Knock me down E B I~m not bigger than life F#5 E5 If you see me getting mighty F#5 E5 If you see me getting high C#m G#m Knock me down E B I~m not bigger than life C#m E B C#m E B C#m E B It~s so lonely when you don~t even know yourself, it~s so lonely C#m E B It~s so lonely when you don~t even know yourself, it~s so lonely... Please escuse all the redudancy and other things. I shall explain the chords now and how I play them. Please remember that this is my best estimate of this sad song. If you find any errors or so on could you please email me. Anyway, before explaining every chords, I must explain that the Em(?) chord does not really exist. I am not sure if there is another chord that ends the normal chorus so I presume that the Em chord sustains. So my denoting Em(?) means that I am not sure if it is the Em chord that is playing at that time. And also, my ways of playing these chords are not by gospel. Anyway, here we go: E A D G B E ---------------- Dm x 5 7 7 6 x Am7 5 7 5 5 5 x Gm7 3 5 3 3 3 x C x 3 5 5 5 x Bb x 1 3 3 3 x A5 5 7 7 x x x Em7 0 2 2 4 3 3
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You are not logged in. Log in on the right or register to add comments to this tab!Darbl wrote at 11:05, July 24, 2012
Thanks for the tab! It sound good to me. On the "E(?)" part, I think (but not for sure) that the chords are the following: Am Em Knock me down F G I~m not bigger than life (trying to put the chords where they sync with the lyrics) I hope it helps. Bye!
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Darbl wrote at 11:07, July 24, 2012
Now I see that the comments doesn´t allow spacing :/. So I am writing it again. For me it would be like this: Knock me down (Am - Em) / (F) I'm not bigger than (G) Life