Chord/Tab song: I'm Down

I'm Down(Lennon/McCartney)

As performed by Aerosmith on "Permanent Vacation"

It sounds like one guitar plays straight barre chords
and the other plays them in this fashion:

E----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------|
D--------------------------5--7--5--7--5-|
A--5--7--5--7--5--7--5--7--3--3--3--3--3-|
E--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----------------| etc...
E--3----------|
B--3----------|
G--4---5---7--|
D--5---5---7--|
A--5---3---5--|
E--3----------|

[G] [C5] [D5]
You tellin lies thinking I can't see [G]

You can't cry 'cos you're laughing at me
I'm [C5]down(I'm really down)
I'm [G5]down(down on the ground)
I'm [C5]down(I'm really down)
[C5]How c[/]an y[/]ou l[G5]augh when you know I'm down

How can you laugh when you know I'm down

solo-

E----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------|
D--------3-----------------------3----3--|
A----3\5---5---1-1---1-3-----3\5---5-----|
E--3---------------3-------3-------------|
E----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G---------------------3----3-5b-5-5rp3-3-|
D-5b--5-5rp3-3----3h5---5----------------|
A--------------3-------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|

(alternate bends from full to half)

E----------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------|
G------3-----5b-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b-5r-3|
D-5--5---5-------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|

else

E--------------------------|-------------|
B--------------------------|-------------|
G--------------------------|-------------|
D-5--------------3---------|-----------5-|
A-------1-3--3\5---5-3-1---|-----------5-|
E-----3------------------3-|-----1b-r--3-|

The chord progression for the next verse is the same as
above. During the piano solo the chord progression is
G-C-G-D-C-G(etc...)

I transcribed this directly from the cd without using
the Beatles version as a reference. The Beatles version
sounds very similar, though, and there's a professional
transcription for it. If you want to check it out
it's included in "The Beatles Complete Scores" from Hal
Leonard(By the way, if you're a big Beatles fan like I
am, this book is a "must have" anyway). You can get it
from Music Dispatch(the number is in the "professional
transcription" section of this page) for about $60.

Transcribed by Bryson Meunier([email protected])

Symbols used in transcription:
\ slide
b bend
r release
h hammer-on
p pull-off