Knock Me Down - Tab

[kenny]

Has anybody got the chors for this along with the lyrics?

Would be much appreciated.

[kenny]

Sorry, I meant chords, not chors.

[Johan Cruyff]

I'm with you there son !

Anyone .... Anyone ..... Anyone ......

[Ally]

Courtesy of Casino Jack from a while back:

http://home.comcast.net/%7Edoledrum/Knock_Me_Down.txt

[kenny]

THANKS FOR THAT, BRILLIANT!

[Syl]

Could any of you guitar whizzs' put up a YouTube of how to play this? I just can't get it right from the TAB. Similarly for the verse picking for IOU. Cheers Dave

[Rod Cow]

Some extra suggestions from me.

Lee plays the song in ordinary 'D' but tunes the lowest E to a D note.(In the 3 video performances he does anyway-maybe he played it different in the studio than he did live)


The basic chord pattern is:-(Beats in brackets)

Verse:-
D(2,3,4,5,6,7,8) D(2,3,4,5,6,7,8)
D(2,3,4,5,6,7,8) D(2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

C(2,3,4,5,6,7,8) G(2,3,4,5,6,7,8)

Chorus:-
D(,2) C(,2) G(2,3,4)
D(,2) C(,2) G(2,3,4)


If you have the low E tuned to a D you can let the low D ring out on a 'D' chord,you will have to mute it on a 'C' chord and will have to play the 'G' chord like this:-

e__3__
b__3__
g__0__
d__0__
a__x__
e__5__



The Lyrics(Verse 2)

Well I went fixin' on upon a
word o' life savin' drug
well I've skinned and fell at the bottom of
one long faith called love
well I paid what it cost me
all it got me was good pain
I'm Jack n' the Box by name
a 'bobbin Knock Me Down Again

The first two lines of verse two are practically indecipherable but I agree it's something like that which is written above (but not quite IMHO).


My interpretation is:-

Well I went fixin' up
Upon the roof of life's sinkin' drug
And I slipped and fell and avoid
The one that they call love

I paid what it cost me all it got me was the pain,
I'm Jack In The Box by name
A-bop-a
Knock me down again

The "slipped and fell and avoid the one that they call love" part is almost certainly correct as it's heard this way on the proto version of the song called "Don't Lock Me Out" and also on the "Hedges Tape" version of the song plus several live tapes.

Also,in the tradition of Blues,RnB and Jazz there's a little bit of scat to be heard occasionally in Lee's singing so I would argue that this is what he sings instead of "A bobbin' is "A-Bop-A,Knock Me Down Again".




I will return to this sing and transcribe it in more detail if anyone would like me to.

Cheers,
Paul

[kopite1892]

I will return to this sing and transcribe it in more detail if anyone would like me to.

I would love to.