O Neutral Milk Hotel (auto-descrito "fuzz folk") foi um dos principais projetos da gravadora Elephant 6, um círculo de grupos de música lo-fi independente com propostas parecidas, incluindo The Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control e Secret Square - que dividiam músicos, ideias e sensibilidades. Neutral Milk Hotel foi formado por Jeff Mangum, um cantor/compositor da remota cidade de Ruston, LA e Robert Schneider (que mais tarde faria parte do Apples in Stereo), bem como William Cullen Hart e Bill Doss (que formou o Olivia Tremor Control).
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOING DOWN – Neutral Milk Hotel ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: nolanwalker93 E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
If I know Jeff Mangum like I think I do, this guy hardly ever changes tuning for any of his songs. Going Down is no exception. I may be off with some of the strumming here, but this sounds pretty damn accurate to me:
This is actually the trickiest part of this song. This is the closest I could come to it, and while it isn't 100%, its still pretty spot on:
v e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-2--------0-0-2-2-2-2-2p0-------------------------------------------------| A|-2---0h2------------------2p0---------------------------------------------| E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------| Don't be afraid to hit the E string while playing any singular notes.
Main riff plays throughout verse:
I crush the world I was in Will I destroy the world I will find? I'll work the tools with my hands I'll stick the needles in my eyes
CHORUS:
E And in my celebration
D You are by my side
AEmGEm And now I'm going down
E And through the complications
D Something inside me died
AEmGEm And now I'm going down
Back to MAIN RIFF for the next Verse:
Bring down the sky with my tears Dig up the earth with my hands Take a look inside of my head Maybe then you could understand
Repeat CHORUS x1
Bridge:
Em, A, Em, A (To get that momentary bassy note on the A chord, lift your finger quick off the E string while playing it at whatever time seems fit)
Em So long again, my friend
AEmA I guess it's time that I should let you know
Em These things, they come around
AEmA I guess they just get hard to let them go
Em You wait around a while
AEmA You'll never seem to find that faith in me
Em You close your eyes and smile
AEmA Forever I will be
Go back to MAIN RIFF
I know the way and I will go I know the way and I will find It's all around me and I told you so I'll wait around and hear, "Goodbye"
Last CHORUS, slightly longer:
And in my celebration You are by my side And now I'm going down And through the complications Something inside me died And now I'm going down
E And all the big decisions D We never could decide AEmGEm And now I'm going down
And in my celebration You are by my side And now I'm going down
The last part is pretty hard to make out, since it does that weird audio clip out, but I'm pretty sure its just slowing down on Em, maybe throwing G in there towards the end.
And hopefully that's about it. If you're wondering about the title, it is referred to by fans by two diffrerent titles: "Now I'm Going Down" and "Going Down". I chose to title it "Going Down" because that is how I have always referred to it. Very simple song, very fun to play. Long live NMH! :)