Hold Me Down (4:50)
Doug Hopkins, Robin Wilson
As appearing on New Miserable Experience
ARTIST:Gin Blossoms
TITLE:Hold Me Down (4:50)
WRITTEN BY:Doug Hopkins
TRANSCRIPED BY:Mark Ord (29/4/96)
A
B5 - C#5 - D5 - A5 - E
B5 - C#5 - D5 - A5 - D5 - A5
B5 C#5 D
So I guess I must have just been dreaming
A5 E
When I thought I heard myself say no
B5 C#5 D A5 D5 A5
Anyway it looks like no one heard me so here I go
(continue with these chords. Solo and and end is over A chord)
Cause when you're in the company of strangers
Or just the strangers you call friends
You know before you start just how it's going to end
When the doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
Anytime the pickins look too easy...hold me down
I can't remember why I like this feeling
When it only seems to let me down
Soon I find I'm searching for the exit from the ground
If I think the room is turning faster
Then I think the music is too loud
By then I've lived another broken story to let me down
When those doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
When half the party moves into the bathroom...hold me down
Or if you're at the tail end of the evening
And Dr. Feelgood comes around
Anytime the pickins look too easy...hold me down
Down if I want that part
Down if I've gone too far
Well I guess I must have just been reeling
When I felt myself begin to fall
I realize I'm bounding down the hallways and off the walls
If my bed was standing in the corner
I could just fall into it right now
And know that I'd just be staring at the ceiling going round
When those doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
Anytime the pickins look too easy...hold me down
Intro and chorus rythmn guitar part:
B5 C#5 D A E
|------------2p0-2p0--------------------0--0-0-0-0--|
|---------3--3-3-3-3-3----2--3p2-3p2-0--0--0-0-0-0--|
|---------2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2-2-2-2----1--2p1-2p1--|
|-4---4-6-0---------------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2--|
|-2---2-4-----------------0-------------2-----------|
|---------------------------------------0-----------|
B5 C#5 D A D5 A
|------------2p0-2p0--------------------------------|
|---------3--3-3-3-3------2--2---3-3--2--2----------|
|---------2--2-2-2-2------2--2---2-2--2--2----------|
|-4---4-6-0---------------2--2---0-0--2--2----------|
|-2---2-4-----------------0--0--------0--0----------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Verse rythmn guitar part
B5 C#5 D A E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------1--1-1-----------|
|-4---4-6-7---7--7-----2--2-2-----------|
|-2---2-4-5---7--7-----2--2-2------0----|
|-------------5--5-4-2-0--0-0--0-2------|
B5 C#5 D5 A5 D5 A5
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------7--7---------------|
|-4---4-6-7---7--7---7--7--7--7---------|
|-2---2-4-5---7--7---5--5--7--7---------|
|-------------5--5---------5--5---------|
I know parts of the fills, but not enought to tab it though. However this
is a poor attenmpt at the ending (I can't be stuffed doing it properly):
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H O L D M E D O W N GIN BLOSSOMS
Words and Music by DOUG HOPKINS and ROBIN WILSON
Transcription by Mark Ord (29/4/1996)
From Gin Blossoms' A&M Records recording NEW MISERABLE EXPERIENCE
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UPDATES:
Sept 26th 2002:
* Reformated into verse, chorus structures.
* Added tablature for solo.
YET TO DO:
* Intro solo tab.
* Solo fills through out song.
* Tab interlude sections (before octave solos).
* Lead guitar at the end of song, and octaves.
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INTRO:
A
(Double guitar solo over A tonality - yet to tab.)
Rhy. Fig. 1
B5 C#5 D A E B5 C#5 D A D5 A
|------------2p0-2p0--------------------0--0-0-0-0--|------------2p0-2p0--------------------------------|
|---------3--3-3-3-3-3----2--3p2-3p2-0--0--0-0-0-0--|---------3--3-3-3-3------2--2---3-3--2--2----------|
|---------2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2-2-2-2----1--2p1-2p1--|---------2--2-2-2-2------2--2---2-2--2--2----------|
|-4---4-6-0---------------2--2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-2--|-4---4-6-0---------------2--2---0-0--2--2----------|
|-2---2-4-----------------0-------------2-----------|-2---2-4-----------------0--0--------0--0----------|
|---------------------------------------0-----------|---------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
Rhy. Fig 2.
B5 C#5 D A E B5 C#5 D5 A5 D5 A5
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|----------------------1--1-1-----------|--------------------7--7---------------|
|-4---4-6-7---7--7-----2--2-2-----------|-4---4-6-7---7--7---7--7--7--7---------|
|-2---2-4-5---7--7-----2--2-2------0----|-2---2-4-5---7--7---5--5--7--7---------|
|-------------5--5-4-2-0--0-0--0-2------|-------------5--5---------5--5---------|
(w/Rhy. Fig. 2)
B5 C#5 D
So I guess I must have just been dreaming
A5 E
When I thought I heard myself say no
B5 C#5 D A5 D5 A5
Anyway it looks like no one heard me so here I go
(continue with these chords. Solo and and end is over A chord)
Cause when you're in the company of strangers
Or just the strangers you call friends
You know before you start just how it's going to end
CHORUS:
(w/Rhy. Fig 1)
B5 C#5 D A E5
When the doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
B5 C#5 D
Anytime the pickins look too easy
A5 D5 A5
Hold me down
VERSE 2:
(w/Rhy. Fig. 2)
I can't remember why I like this feeling
When it only seems to let me down
Soon I find I'm searching for the exit from the ground
If I think the room is turning faster
Then I think the music is too loud
By then I've lived another broken story to let me down
CHORUS:
(w/Rhy. Fig 1)
B5 C#5 D A E
When the doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
B5 C#5 D
Anytime the pickins look too easy
A5 D5 A5
Hold me down
B5 C#5 D5 A E
When those doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
B5 C#5 D5
When half the party moves into the bathroom
A5 D5 A5
Hold me down
B5 C#5 D5
Or if you're at the tail end of the evening
A E
And Dr. Feelgood comes around
B5 C#5 D
Anytime the pickins look too easy
A5 D5 A5
Hold me down
INTERLUDE:
Guitar II plays A arpeggios.
Guitar I:
Riff B:
A
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-T---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-A---------------------|-----------14--------|----------------------|--14------------------|
|-B---------------------|-14------------------|----------------------|-----------14---------|
|-----12----------------|---------------------|--12------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Down if I want that part Down if I've gone that far
GUITAR SOLO:
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|T----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|A--14---14---14---14--/|--16-16-12-16-16-16--|--14---14---14---14--\|--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
|B----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---12---12---12---12--/|--14-14-14-14-14-14--|--12---12---12---12--\|--5--5--5--5--5--5----|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---14---14---14---14--/|--16-16-12-16-16-16--|--14---14---14---14--\|--7--7--7--7--7--7--/-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|---12---12---12---12--/|--14-14-14-14-14-14--|--12---12---12---12--\|--5--5--5--5--5--5--/-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------||
|-----------------------||
|---16------------------||
|-----------------------||
|---14------------------||
|-----------------------||
VERSE 3:
(w/Rhy. Fig. 2)
Well I guess I must have just been reeling
When I felt myself begin to fall
I realize I'm bounding down the hallways and off the walls
If my bed was standing in the corner
I could just fall into it right now
And know that I'd just be staring at the ceiling going round
CHROUS 4:
(w/Rhy. Fig 1)
B5 C#5 D A E
When the doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
B5 C#5 D
Anytime the pickins look too easy
A5 D5 A5
Hold me down
B5 C#5 D5 A E
When those doors swing open and all the drinks are passed around
B5 C#5 D5
When half the party moves into the bathroom
A5 D5 A5
Hold me down
B5 C#5 D5
Or if you're at the tail end of the evening
A E
And Dr. Feelgood comes around
B5 C#5 D
Anytime the pickins look too easy
A5 D5 A5
Hold me down
INTERLUDE:
A
(Guitar I. plays Riff B.)
Down if I want that part
Down if I've gone too far
[Insert guitar one solo here.]
[Insert guitar one octaves]
I know parts of the fills, but not enought to tab it though. However this
is a poor attenmpt at the ending (I can't be stuffed doing it properly):
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OUTRO:
Rhy. Fig.
B5 C#5 D
|---------------------0------2----0-----------------|
|---------------3---------3-----------3-------------|
|---------------2------------------------2----------|
|-4---4----6----0-----------------------------------|
|-2---2----4----------------------------------------|
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* let ring
