Down On The Corner (ver 3) by Creedence Clearwater Revival
DOWN ON THE CORNER
As recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival
(From the 1969 Album WILLY AND THE POOR BOYS)
Words and Music by John Fogerty
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Fogerty - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Tom Fogerty - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'John Fogerty - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=103
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|-3----------3---3-(3)---|-----------2-3---3-(3)---|
|------------|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|-3---3-(3)---------------|
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3----------3---3-(3)---|-----------2-3---3-(3)---|
|----5-(5)-3-----------5-|-3---3-(3)---------------|
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| Gtr II
| W W
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
F
E. S +E E S E S +E E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-----3-(3)---|
|--------5-(5)---3---------------5-|
|----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|
|-2--2-2-2--2------2---2---x--2----|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|
C
S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E S E S +E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------2---5-----5-(5)---|------------------------------------|
|-3-----3-(3)---------------------|-3------------------3-----3-(3)-----|
|---------------------------------|--------5-(5)---3-----------------5-|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-3-3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G C
S E S +E E S E S +E E
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|---------------2---3-----3-(3)-----||
|-3-----3-(3)-----------------------||
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| S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-3-3-3-3--3------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3--3------5---5---x--5------||
|-4-4-4-4--4------5---5---x--5------||
|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------||
|-5-5-5-5--5------3---3---x--3------||
|-3-3-3-3--3------------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
C
E. S +E E S E S +E E
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||o------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------|
||o-3------------------3-----3-(3)-----|
||---------5-(5)---3-----------------5-|
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| S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
||-------------------------------------|
||o-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
||--5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
||--5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
||o-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3------|
||-------------------------------------|
G C
S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E S E S +E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------2---3-----3-(3)---|-3------------------3-----3-(3)-----|
|-3-----3-(3)---------------------|--------5-(5)---3-----------------5-|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3------5---5---x--5----|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-4-4-4-4--4------5---5---x--5----|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-5-5-5-5--5------3---3---x--3----|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3------|
|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|------------------------------------|
G C
S E S +E E S E S +E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------2---3-----3-(3)---|
|-3-----3-(3)---------------------|
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| S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3------5---5---x--5----|
|-4-4-4-4--4------5---5---x--5----|
|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-5-5-5-5--5------3---3---x--3----|
|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|
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| Gtr III
| W
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
F C
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-----3-(3)---|---------------2---5-----5-(5)---|
|--------5-(5)---3---------------5-|-3-----3-(3)---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|---------------------------------|
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-2--2-2-2--2------2---2---x--2----|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|-3-3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|---------------------------------|
|
| E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2------------------2-----2-(2)---|-------------------5-----5-(5)---|
|--------5-(5)---3---------------3-|-2-----2-(2)---5-----------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E. S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-----3-(3)-----|
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------5-|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| E. S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2------------------2-----2-(2)-----|
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------3-|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus
G C F C
S E S +E E S E S +E E E E Q S S S S E E
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------------------||-------------------------2-|
|---------------2---3------3-(3)---||---------------3-3---3-3---|
|-3-----3-(3)----------------------||-1---1---1-----------------|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-3-3-3-3--3-----------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3------5----5---x--5----||-1-1-1-1-1---5---5---x-5---|
|-4-4-4-4--4------5----5---x--5----||-2-2-2-2-2---5---5---x-5---|
|-5-5-5-5--5------5----5---x--5----||-3-3-3-3-3---5---5---x-5---|
|-5-5-5-5--5------3----3---x--3----||-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---x-3---|
|-3-3-3-3--3-----------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
|
| S E S +E E E. S +E E W
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
|-5-----5-(5)--------------3-(3)---||---------------------------|
|----------------------------------||---------------------------|
G C F C
E E E S S S S E E E Q Q S S S S E e
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------2-|
|-------------2-3---3-----3---|---------------3-3---3-3---|
|-3---3---3-------------------|-1-------1-----------------|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-----5---5---5-5---|-1-1-1-1-1---5---5---5-5---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-----5---5---5-5---|-2-2-2-2-2---5---5---5-5---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5---5---5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3---5---5---5-5---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----3---3---3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|
To Coda
G C
E E E S S S S E E E
|-------------------------------||
|------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------2-3---3-----3----o||
|-3---3---3---------------------||
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-3-3-3-3-3---------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-----5---5---5-5----o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-----5---5---5-5-----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5---5---5-5-----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----3---3---3-3----o||
|-3-3-3-3-3---------------------||
Interlude
C G C
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-----3-(3)-----|---------------2---3-----3-(3)---|
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------5-|-3-----3-(3)---------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2------------------2-----2-(2)-----|-------------------2-----2-(2)---|
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------3-|-5-----5-(5)---------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|------------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|-3-3-3-3--3------5---5---x--5----|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|-4-4-4-4--4------5---5---x--5----|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3------|-5-5-5-5--5------3---3---x--3----|
|------------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|
E. S +E E S E S +E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-----3-(3)------|
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------5--|
|
| E. S +E E S E S +E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-2------------------2-----2-(2)------|
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------3--|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5-------|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5-------|
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5-------|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3-------|
|-------------------------------------|
G C
S E S +E E S E S +E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------2---3-----3-(3)---|
|-3-----3-(3)---------------------|
|
| S E S +E E S E S +E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------------2-----2-(2)---|
|-5-----5-(5)---------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3------5---5---x--5----|
|-4-4-4-4--4------5---5---x--5----|
|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-5-5-5-5--5------3---3---x--3----|
|-3-3-3-3--3----------------------|
F C
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3------------------3-----3-(3)---|---------------2---5-----5-(5)---|
|--------5-(5)---3---------------5-|-3-----3-(3)---------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2------------------2-----2-(2)---|-------------------5-----5-(5)---|
|--------5-(5)---3---------------3-|-2-----2-(2)---5-----------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|---------------------------------|
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-2--2-2-2--2------2---2---x--2----|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|-5-5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5----|
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|-3-3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3----|
|-1--1-1-1--1------1---1---x--1----|---------------------------------|
G C
E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3------------------3-----3-(3)-----|---------------2---3------3-(3)---||
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------5-|-3-----3-(3)----------------------||
|
| E. S +E E S E S +E E S E S +E E E. S +E E
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-2------------------2-----2-(2)-----|----------------------------------||
|--------5-(5)---3-----------------3-|-5-----5-(5)--------------3-(3)---||
|------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|------------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--3-----------------------||
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|-3-3-3-3--3------5----5---x--5----||
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|-4-4-4-4--4------5----5---x--5----||
|-5--5-5-5--5------5---5---x--5------|-5-5-5-5--5------5----5---x--5----||
|-3--3-3-3--3------3---3---x--3------|-5-5-5-5--5------3----3---x--3----||
|------------------------------------|-3-3-3-3--3-----------------------||
Chorus
F G
Gtr I
E E Q S S S S E E E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------2-|-----------------------------|
|---------------3-3---3-3---|-------------2-3---3-----3---|
|-1---1---1-----------------|-3---3---3-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1---5---5---x-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-----5---5---5-5---|
|-2-2-2-2-2---5---5---x-5---|-4-4-4-4-4-----5---5---5-5---|
|-3-3-3-3-3---5---5---x-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-----5---5---5-5---|
|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---x-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-----3---3---3-3---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
F G
Q Q S S S S E e E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-------------------------2-|-----------------------------||
|---------------3-3---3-3---|-------------2-3---3-----3---||
|-1-------1-----------------|-3---3---3-------------------||
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1---5---5---5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-----5---5---5-5---||
|-2-2-2-2-2---5---5---5-5---|-4-4-4-4-4-----5---5---5-5---||
|-3-3-3-3-3---5---5---5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-----5---5---5-5---||
|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-----3---3---3-3---||
|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------||
Interlude
C G C
Gtr II
S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5-----|-3-3-3-3-3---5---5---x-5---|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5-----|-4-4-4-4-4---5---5---x-5---|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5---|
|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---x-3-----|-5-5-5-5-5---3---3---x-3---|
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
D.S. al Coda
G C
S S S S S E S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5-----|-3-3-3-3-3---5---5---x-5----||
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5-----|-4-4-4-4-4---5---5---x-5----||
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5---5---5---x-5----||
|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---x-3-----|-5-5-5-5-5---3---3---x-3----||
|-----------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3------------------||
&
F C G C
Gtr I
E E Q S S S S E E E E E S S S S E E E
||----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------------2-|-----------------------------|
||o---------------3-3---3-3---|-------------2-3---3-----3---|
||--1---1---1-----------------|-3---3---3-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
||--1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
||o-1-1-1-1-1---5---5---x-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-----5---5---5-5---|
||--2-2-2-2-2---5---5---x-5---|-4-4-4-4-4-----5---5---5-5---|
||--3-3-3-3-3---5---5---x-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-----5---5---5-5---|
||o-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---x-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-----3---3---3-3---|
||--1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-------------------|
F C G C
Q Q S S S S E e E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------2-|------------------------------||
|---------------3-3---3-3---|-------------2-3---3-----3---o||
|-1-------1-----------------|-3---3---3--------------------||
|
| S S S S S E S S S S S E E S S S S S E S S S S S E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3--------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1---5---5---5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-----5---5---5-5---o||
|-2-2-2-2-2---5---5---5-5---|-4-4-4-4-4-----5---5---5-5----||
|-3-3-3-3-3---5---5---5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5-----5---5---5-5----||
|-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3---|-5-5-5-5-5-----3---3---3-3---o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3--------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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