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Down Rodeo Guitar Tablature
Standard Tuning
Notation:
b=bend
r=return
h=hammer-on

I think that's all you'll need for this song.
Chorus/Intro fig.
e------------------------------|------------------------------
B------------------------------|------------------------------
G--2b4r2-----------------------|----x-x--2b4r2--x-x-x---x--x-x
D--------3---------------------|----x-x---------x-x-x---x--x-x
A------------------------------|----x-x---------x-x-x---x--x-x
E-----------2-2-0-2-0-2-3-2-0--|0h2-x-x---------x-x-x---x--x-x
      
(end fig., repeat)

When you make the transition from this figure to the next, eliminate the
part I set aside that looks like new bar.
Next fig.
e--------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------
D-(2)(4)-x--x-x(2)(4)-x--x-x-----------------------
A--2--4--x--x-x-2--4--x--x-x-----------------------
E--0--2--x--x-x-0--2--x--x-x-----------------------     
(over and over again)

This is played while another guitar comes in and rubs the pick across
one of the lower-note strings.  I think.  After all, Tom does some
pretty weird, but cool, things when he plays.....
("The rungs torn from the ladder..." fig.)
e----------------------|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D--12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
A--12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
E--10-10-10-10-10-10-10|  
  |____________________|
       (palm mute)  
(repeat 2 bars)"Just a Quiet, peaceful dance" fig.
e------------------------------------
B------------------------------------
G------------------------------------
D--14-----14-----14-----14-----------
A--14-----14-----14-----14-----------
E--12--0--12--0--12--0--12--0--------
        
(then go back to the "rungs" fig., play it
 once, and repeat that whole loop)
Verse:
e--0----2----------------|
B-------------0----2-----|
G------------------------|
D------------------------|
A------------------------|
E------------------------|
                        
(repeat throughout verse)
The last part is just Tom playing a high "F" on the "D" string's 14 fret
to a regular pattern.  Or maybe it's on the "B" string's 14 fret, I
can't remember which.  It's easy to figure out.  Then the final chord is
just this..... 
-14
-14 
-12
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