Red Hot Chili PeppersKnock Me Down
 



Knock Me Down

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 of    light.

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:
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…

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 chord    that 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 
Now that I have wasted countless computer space (and if this is printed out,
the trees will die). But I hope this helps out a lot. Bye-bye…

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