When The Smoke Is Going Down by Scorpions

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SONg: WHEN THE SMOKE IS GOING DOWN
BY: SCORPIONS
TABBED BY: BUGZ
E-mail: bugshaw@go.com

tuning: E, A, D, G, B, e

listen to the song for the timing.

I added some lyrics so you can have an idea with the timing

guitar 1: if your guitar is a stratocaster, use the neck single-coil pick-up for best results.

guitar 2: humbucker pick-up with heavy distorsion

intro:
(guitar 1)
e ---1------3-1-0-------1--------0-------
B ------3----------3------3---------3----
G --------------------------2----------2-
D -0------0------------------------------
A --------------------1--------3---------
E ---------------------------------------
   (no lyrics)

verse: 
(guitar 1)
e ---1-----1-----0------0------0-------0----1-------3-1-0-------1--------0-------
B -----3-----3------------1------1-------------3-----------3------3---------3----
G ------------------------------------------------------------------2----------2-
D -0------0----0--------------------2------0------0------------------------------
A -------------------3--------3-------------------------------1--------3---------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Just  when  you  think  you're way back home...

(guitar 1)
e ---1-----1-----0------0------0-------0----1-------3-1-0-------1--------0-------
B -----3-----3------------1------1-------------3-----------3------3---------3----
G ------------------------------------------------------------------2----------2-
D -0------0----0--------------------2------0------0------------------------------
A -------------------3--------3-------------------------------1--------3---------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   I  find  some   time   to    be     alone....

(guitar 1)
e ---1-----1-----0------0------0-------0----1-------3-1-0-------1--------0-------
B -----3-----3------------1------1-------------3-----------3------3---------3----
G ------------------------------------------------------------------2----------2-
D -0------0----0--------------------2------0------0------------------------------
A -------------------3--------3-------------------------------1--------3---------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   I   hope   to   see   the   place  once more...

(guitar 1)
e ---1-----1-----0------0------0-------0----1-------3-1-0-------1--------0-------
B -----3-----3------------1------1-------------3-----------3------3---------3----
G ------------------------------------------------------------------2----------2-
D -0------0----0--------------------2------0------0------------------------------
A -------------------3--------3-------------------------------1--------3---------
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Just  like    a  thousand   nights    before...

chorus: guitar 1 and guitar 2 will play simultaneously
(guitar 1)
e --------------------------------------------------
B ----2------2------2------2-------2-------2----2---
G -------0------0------0------0-------0-------------
D -------------------------------------------------0
A --0-------0------0------0------0------0-----0-----
E --------------------------------------------------
   I   climb  the   stage   again   this...   .

(guitar 2) 
e ----------------
B --2-----2-------
G --0-----0-------
D --2-----2-------
A --0-----0-------
E ----------------

(guitar 1)
e --0--------0--------0-----3--------3--------3-----1--------1--------1
B -----3--------3--------------4--------4--------------3--------3------
G ---------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------0--------0-----1--------1--------1-----0--------0--------0---
A ---------------------------------------------------------------------
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------
           night,     'Cause   the    place  is    still      alive...

(guitar 2)
e ----------------------------
B --6-----6--8-----8--6-------
G --7-----7--8-----8--7-------
D --7-----7--8-----8--7-------
A --5-----5--6-----6--5-------
E ----------------------------

(guitar 1)
e -----------------------------1------3-1-0-------1--------0-------
B -----1--------1--------0--------3----------3------3---------3----
G --------0--------0----------------------------------2----------2-
D --------------------2-----0-------0------------------------------
A --3--------3----------------------------------1--------3---------
E -----------------------------------------------------------------
  When the smoke is going down...

(guitar 2)
e -----------1--
B --5--------3--
G --5--------2--
D --5--------0--
A --3-----------
E --------------
 
this are the lyrics for the second verse:

This is the place where I belong
I really long to turn you on;
I've got your songs there in my dream
While your traces disappear

(repeat chorus)