Half Step Down
Intro
| eb |
| bb |
| gb 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
| db 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
| ab 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| eb |
Verse
(acoustic) Chord riffs in verse. Not in rhythm so time it
Riff 1
| eb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| bb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| gb 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 |
| db 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| ab 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 |
| eb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
Riff 2
| eb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 |
| bb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 |
| gb 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 |
| db 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 |
| ab 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 |
| eb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 |
Riff 3
| eb |
| bb |
| gb 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 |
| db 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| ab 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| eb 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
piano part
| eb 7 7 |
| bb 7 8 8 7 8 7 8 |
| gb 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 |
| db 7 7 10~ |
| ab |
| eb |
Pre-chorus
| eb |
| bb |
| gb 7 7 5 4 |
| db 5 5 5 5 7 5 |
| ab 7 7 6 6 7 6 |
| eb |
| eb |
| bb |
| gb 5 4 |
| db 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 |
| ab 7 7 6 6 |
| eb |
Chorus
| eb x x |
| bb x x |
| gb x x 5 | 3x |
| db 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 x x 5 5 5 5 5 |
| ab 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 x x 3 5 5 5 5 |
| eb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 x x 3 3 3 3 |
| eb |
| bb |
| gb |
| db 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| ab 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| eb 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
Verse 2
1st part
| eb |
| bb |
| gb 5 5 |
| db 5~ 5 5 5 5~ 5 5 5 5~ 5~ 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| ab 5~ 3 5 5 5~ 3 5 5 5~ 5~ 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| eb 3~ 3 3 3~ 3 3 3~ 3~ 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
2nd part
rhythm (palm mute when it needs to be)
| eb |
| bb |
| gb 5 |
| db 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| ab 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| eb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| eb |
| bb |
| gb |
| db 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 |
| ab 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 |
| eb 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 |
| eb |
| bb |
| gb |
| db 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| ab 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| eb 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
Lead
| eb |
| bb |
| gb | repeat |
| db 5 5 5 5 | several |
| ab 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 | times |
| eb |
| eb |
| bb |
| gb 5 4 5 7 4 |
| db 5 |
| ab 5 5 5 |
| eb |
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
| eb |
| bb |
| gb | several |
| db 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 | times |
| ab 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 |
| eb 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
End of bridge
rhythm
| eb |
| bb |
| gb |
| db 7~ 2~ 7~ 2~ |
| ab 7~ 2~ 7~ 2~ |
| eb 5~ 0~ 5~ 0~ |
lead
| eb 12 |
| bb 12 12 10 |
| gb 5 4 5 4 |
| db 5 5 5/9/5 5 |
| ab 7 7 |
| eb |
Rest is chorus with palm mutes and single rhythm strokes
And then play the regular chorus