Chord/Tab song: When the Smoke Is Going Down

Band: Scorpions
Album: Blackout
Song: When The Smoke Is Going Down

Copyright (c) (Harvest) (1982)
Version 1.0 - (12/07/06)

Transcribed By: Steve
Email: [email protected]

. - palm mute / - slide up to
\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
p - pre bend
- see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note - harmonic

Tuning E A D G B E

Clean guitar

|---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
|-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
|-------2---------------2-------2---|
|-0---------------------------------|
|-----------------1-------3---------|
|-----------------------------------| Rpt 6 X

Guitar 1

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

[Guitar 2

[-------------------------8---------|
[-------------------------10--------|
[-------------------------9---------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|

Guitar 1

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

[Guitar 2

[-10---------------------------------|
[-10---------------------------------|
[-9----------------------------------|
[------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------|
[------------------------------------|
|---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
|-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
|-------2---------------2-------2---|
|-0---------------------------------|
|-----------------1-------3---------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---1-------1-----0---0-----0-----0--|
|-----3-------3---------1-----1------|
|-------2-------2---------0-----0----|
|-0----------------------------------|
|-------------------3----------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---1-----3-1-0-----1-------0-------|
|-----3---------3-----3-------3-----|
|-------2---------------2-------2---|
|-0---------------------------------|
|-----------------1-------3---------|
|-----------------------------------|

Rpt above 3 X

Chorus

Guitar 1 distorted ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------3------(3)----------------------|
[--------------------------------2------(3)----------------------|
[-2--------------(2)-------------0------(0)------8-------------x-|
[-0--------------(0)---------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2

[----------------------------------1-----1-----0---3-----3-------|
[---2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2------3-----3---------4-----4--/5-|
[-----2-----2-------2-----2------------2-----2---------3-----3/4-|
[-------2-----2-------2-----2------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|
[----------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

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

[Guitar 2

[------------------------------------|
[-3----------------------------------|
[-2-----------------5----------------|
[-0---------------x-5----------------|
[-------------------3----------------|
[------------------------------------|

Guitar 1

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

[Guitar 2

[-----------------------------------|
[-3--------(3)----------------------|
[-2--------(2)----------------------|
[-0--------(0)----------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|

[Guitar 3 clean tone

[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------13--\---8-b-------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|

Guitar 1

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

[Guitar 2

[-----------------------------------|
[-8br6------------13\-----8b--------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|
[-----------------------------------|

Rpt Verse guitar 2 plays the below

[D] [A#] [C]

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

~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----------------------------------------|
|-13--\-------8b-------------8/10--------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

[D] [A#] [C]

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

~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----------------------------|
|-13--\-------8b-------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

Rpt Chorus

Clean solo
h h h h

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-8b-----10-11-13--------------------10-11-13--15b---r----|
|------------------9-/10-------------------------------14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~

|-----------15--------------------------------13--15b------r-------|
|-15-17-18------17------------------------17-----------------15-17-|
|------------------17--14------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~ let notes ring out

|-17--18-20--20fb-21-20fb-21-20fb-------------10-------------|
|------------------------------------------------10----------|
|---------------------------------------------------10-------|
|------------------------------------------------------12----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------20-20-20-20-20-20------17-18-17-17\15\13--15fb---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10-7------------------------------------------------------|
|--------8-8/10-----------------------------------------------|
|-pb15-r-13-12-13-13b--13-12--------|
|----------------------------15b----|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

Rpt Chorus

[D] [A#] [C] [D]

|-----------------1-0---1------------3-1-0--------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3--------------3----3-3-3-3-3---3-13---\--8-/10----8p6---|
|----2-2-2-2----2-----------2----2-2-2-2--------------------------7-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 h

[---1-----3-1-0------1----------0---------------1-3------(3)--------|
[-----3---------3-------3----------3----------3----------(3)--------|
[-------2------------------2----------2-----2------------(2)--------|
[-0---------------------------------------0--------------(0)--------|
[-----------------1-----------3-------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2 h

[---------3-1-0---------------------------------1-3------(3)--------|
[---3-3-3-3-3---3-----------------------------3----------(3)--------|
[-----2-2-2-2-------------------------------2------------(2)--------|
[-----------------------------------------0--------------(0)--------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|
[-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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