I'm Down – Aerosmith Song Chord/Tab and Lyric

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———-|

You tellin lies thinking I can't see

You can't cry 'cos you're laughing at me
I'm down(I'm really down)
I'm down(down on the ground)
I'm down(I'm really down)
How c[/]an y[/]ou 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—-35—5—1-1—1-3—–35—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——-1-3–35—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([email protected])

Symbols used in transcription:
slide
b bend
r release
h hammer-on
p pull-off