Aerosmith - 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 
    
                                      G 
 You tellin lies thinking I can't see 
 
 You can't cry 'cos you're laughing at me
     C5                   
 I'm down(I'm really down)
     G5                      
 I'm down(down on the ground)
     C5                   
 I'm down(I'm really down)
 C5   /   /   G5                         
 How can you laugh 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(meunier.1@osu.edu)
 
 Symbols used in transcription:
 \ = slide
 b = bend
 r = release
 h = hammer-on
 p = pull-off