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: stephen.elvidge1@ntlworld.com
. - 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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