'Down South'
Performed by 311
From the album "Unity" on What Have You? Records
Music by: N. Hexum, C. Sexton, M. Watkins & T. Mahoney
Lyrics by: N. Hexum, C. Sexton, M. Watkins & T. Mahoney
(c) 1991 Allegiance Music/Hydroponic Music BMI
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Tabbed by: Michael Slusarz (slusarz@chromosome.colorado.edu)
The 311 Guitar Archive -- http://chromosome.colorado.edu/311archive/


Intro/Riff 1 (Clean):
=====================
A Asus2 Asus4 Asus2 A Asus4 Asus2
1:-0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0-0---0-----0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-
2:-2--2-2-2-2--0-0---3-3---0-----2--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3--0-
3:-2--2-2-2-2--2-2---2-2---2-----2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-
4:-2--2-2-2-2--2-2---2-2---2-----2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-
5:-0--0-0-0-0--0-0---0-0---0-----0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-
6:------------------------------------------------------

Verse (Clean):
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A D E A D E A D E A E D Bm7
1:-0---2---0---0---2-------0---2---0---0---0---2--2-
2:-2---3---0---2---3-------2---3---0---2---0---3--0-
3:-2---2---1---2---2---1---2---2---1---2---1---2--2-
4:-2---0---2---2---0---2---2---0---2---2---2---0--0-
5:-0-----------0-------2---0-----------0------------
6:---------------------0----------------------------

Pre-Chorus (Clean):
===================
Bm C#m D E
1:-2--2-2---4--4-4--------------------
2:-3--3-3---5--5-5---7--7-7---9--9--9-
3:-4--4-4---6--6-6---7--7-7---9--9--9-
4:-4--4-4---6--6-6---7--7-7---9--9--9-
5:-2--2-2---4--4-4---5--5-5---7--7--7-
6:------------------------------------

Chorus (w/Distortion):
======================
F#5-->E6/9 A5 Ab5 F#5 E6/9
1:----------------------------------------------
2:----------------------------------------------
3:----------------------------------------------
4:-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--7---6---4---4-
5:-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--7---6---4---4-
6:-2-2-0-2--2-2-0-2-0-2--2-2-0-2--5---4---2---0-

Chorus - Ending (w/Distortion):
===============================
F#5 E5
1:-------
2:-------
3:-------
4:-4---2-
5:-4---2-
6:-2---0-

Bridge 1 (w/Distortion):
========================
F#5 F#5/E F#5 N.C. F#5 F#5/E F#5 N.C.
1:----------------------------------------------------
2:----------------------------------------------------
3:----------------------------------------------------
4:-4-4-4-4----4---4----------4-4-4-4----4---4---4-----
5:-4-4-4-4----4---4---4-2-3--4-4-4-4----4---4---4-2-3-
6:-2-2-2-2----0---2---2-0-1--2-2-2-2----0---2---2-0-1-

F#5 F#5/E F#5 N.C. F#5 N.C.
1:-------------------------------------------------
2:-------------------------------------------------
3:---------------------------------11-9------------
4:-4-4-4-4----4---4----------4//--------11-9-------
5:-4-4-4-4----4---4---4-2-3--4//-------------12----
6:-2-2-2-2----0---2---2-0-1--2//----------------12-

Bridge 2 (Clean):
=================
F#5 D6
1:-9--9--9--9---7--7--7--7-
2:-7--7--7--7---7--7--7--7-
3:-6--6--6--6---7--7--7--7-
4:-------------------------
5:-------------------------
6:-------------------------


Lyrics/Song Structure:
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---> Play Intro/Riff 1 (x8)
---> Play Intro/Riff 1 over:
Let me take you down south
Hear it from the dover's mouth
The rhythm will make you want to move your body
I had it once and never ever forgot it
Feel the rhythm of rhapsody
Your body moves in raw ecstasy
Explosive eruption beyond compare
---> Play Pre-Chorus over:
Take my advice don't think twice
Let me take you way down south
---> Play Intro/Riff 1 (x2)
---> Play Chorus over:
Step back 'cause the funk is here and
The base is kickin' straight to your ear man
Because it's like that so don't talk back
And if you do then you're gonna get the back slap
Down south that's an enigma
But to you it's a stupid dumb stigma
That's right it's outta sight
---> Play Chorus - Ending (x1)
---> Play Intro/Riff 1 over:
Let me tell you 'bout my baby
She loves me don't mean maybe
She knows what I think and I don't have to say it
I love her so I don't have to play it
We sit and drink in the sun
I raise my glass and say she's the one
Cool breeze light squeeze life
---> Play Pre-Chorus over:
Take my advice don't think twice
Let me take you way down south
---> Play Intro/Riff 1 (x2)
---> Play Chorus over:
Step back I'm about to get hectic
Chalk it up as another dialectic
Hard like a jam, smooth like a ballad
Call it what you want but I call it sound salad
A slald grown in the garden of Eden
Seekin' out pleasures like my boys in Sweden
That's right the grooves tight like
---> Play Chorus - Ending (x1)
---> Play Bridge 1 (x2)
---> Play Bridge 2 over:
Sit back just relax, let your mind unwind
Pull your good thing close, let tranquility surround
Psychedelic freak out taco funk frolic
Grind fiend roots 'core soul music what have you
---> Play Intro/Riff 1 (x2)
---> Play Chorus over:
Step back and think about the topic of this song
Strong innuendo end over end goes your brain
I won't say it's plain figure it out here's a clue
It's about winding, grinding, finding that spot
That get's her hot the joy of giving pleasure
Is beyond measure
---> Play Chorus - Ending (x1)
---> End on A5 (x022xx)