Knock Me Down

Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers (English)
User: Anonymous
Duration: 160 seconds
Delay: 15 seconds
Chord names: Not defined
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I was awed into dismay when I saw no trace of this song on the internet. So
I decided to figure it out (guitar-wise). I find that some of the lead
guitar lines are difficult to figure out so I have just transcribed the
simplest chordal parts of this song. I am not sure that most of the minor
chords are sevenths but the song has a cool sound to it and minor sevenths
usually do that. So examine this and write back if you find a problem or if
you want to discuss how it is possible for an object~s dimension to approach
infinity while it~s mass approaches zero while approaching the speed oflight.

The opening riff is:
E ---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|---|
B -------------------6-|-------------------6h8p6-|-------------------6-|---|
G -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-2-|
D -------------------7-|-------------------7-----|-------------------7-|-3-|
A -----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-----3--0-7-0-3-5--------|-----3--0-7-0-3-5----|-3-|
E -3h5-----------------|-3h5---------------------|-3h5-----------------|-1-|
Of course you hold the <F> chord at the end then the verse appears


Please escuse all the redudancy and other things. I shall explain the
chords now and how I play them. Please remember that this is my best
estimate of this sad song. Anyway, before explaining every chords,
I must explain that the<Em(?)> chord does not really exist.
I am not sure if there is another chordthat ends the normal chorus so
I presume that the Em chord sustains. So my denoting <Em(?)> means that
I am not sure if it is the Em chord that is playing at that time.
And also, my ways of playing these chords are not by gospel.
Anyway, here we go:
[E A D G B E]
----------------
Dm [x 5 7 7 6 x]
Am7 [5 7 5 5 5 x]
Gm7 [3 5 3 3 3 x]
C [x 3 5 5 5 x]
Bb [x 1 3 3 3 x]
A5 [5 7 7 x x x]
Em7 [0 2 2 4 3 3] <-- a very weird way to play the <Em7> chord
Bm7 [x 2 4 2 3 2]
Am7* [x 0 2 0 1 0]
D [x x 0 2 3 2]
B5 [x 2 4 4 x x]
D5 [x 5 7 7 x x]
C5 [x 3 5 5 x x]
Am [x 0 2 2 1 0]
Em [0 2 2 0 0 0]
C#m7 [x 4 6 4 5 4]
G#m7 [4 6 4 4 4 x]
F#m7 [2 4 2 2 2 x]
Bb5 [6 7 7 x x x]
G5 [3 5 5 x x x]
F5 [x 8 10 10 x x]
F [1 3 3 2 x x]
A [5 7 7 6 x x]
F#5 [x 9 11 11 x x]
E5 [x 7 9 9 x x]
C#m [x 4 6 6 5 4]
G#m [4 6 6 4 4 x]
E [0 2 2 1 0 0]
B [x 2 4 4 4 x]

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 Dm        Am7  Gm7
Never too soon to be through
       Dm       C        Bb
Being cool too much too soon
 Dm           Am7     Gm7
Too much for me, too much for you
              A5       Bb
You~re gonna lose in time
 Em7      Bm7       Am7*
Don~t be afraid to show your friends
          Em7    D       C
That you hurt inside, inside
 Em7            Bm7
Pain~s part of life
            Am7*
Don~t hide behind your false pride
        B5       C
It~s a lie, you lie
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life
 Dm   Am7   Gm7          Dm   C   Bb
 Dm           Am7     Gm7
I~m tired of being untouchable
         Dm   C    Bb
I~m not above the love
 Dm          Am7            Gm7
I~m part of you and you~re part of me
             A5  Bb
Why did you go away
 Em7          Bm7            Am7*
Finding what you~re looking for can end up
 C#m7  G#m7   F#m7
Being such a bore
 Em7        Bm7      Am7*
I pray for you most everyday, I pray for you
 C#m7 G#m7  F#m7
Now  fly  away
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life

(very quickly now, the guitar and bass plays:
G ---------
D --------- When the guitar plays the 6th fret (the Bb note), it also plays
A -5p0-7--- a power chord on it and therefore from that note the guitar
E -------6- plays a series of chords that go:
 Bb5   G5  G5/Bb5   F5    C5    Bb5

Cool solo part:    A5   F    A5    F    G5    F     A 
all I just did here was to write down the rhythm chords, I have and will not
do the solo (as little as it may seem). If you listen to the album, you can
figure out how these chords come in. The  G5/Bb5  part is when the guitar
slides from  G5  to  Bb5 . Listen and you shall hear, my child. Anyway, the
rest goes something like this:
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life
        D5             C5
If you see me getting mighty
        D5             C5
If you see me getting high
          Am   Em
Knock me down
 Em(?)
I~m not bigger than life
        F#5            E5
If you see me getting mighty
        F#5            E5
If you see me getting high
          C#m  G#m
Knock me down
 E                   B
I~m not bigger than life
        F#5            E5
If you see me getting mighty
        F#5            E5
If you see me getting high
          C#m  G#m
Knock me down
 E                   B
I~m not bigger than life
 C#m           E    B
 C#m           E    B
 C#m                                     E                 B
It~s so lonely when you don~t even know yourself, it~s so lonely
 C#m                                     E                 B
It~s so lonely when you don~t even know yourself, it~s so lonely...


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