Artist: The Rolling Stones
Song: Stop Breaking Down (1972)
Written: Robert Johnson (1937)
Album: Exile On Main Street - Remastered (2010)
URL's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_on_Main_St.; http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=NnDpW5vpbD; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UwtWmmkzo;http://
www.goldminemag.com/article/engineer-andy-johns-discusses-the-making-of-the-
rolling-stones-exile-on-main-street [1]
Tempo: Adante
Author: Tab annotated by rikigo [grosserr@gmail.com]
Tuning: Open G
Capo 2
Chords: (in Open G) Top low E string removed.
XGDGBD
E5/A =========== X00000 (mute after each down-up stroke)
A5/D =========== X55555
B5/E =========== X77777
Method: Played as down-up strokes, where the 5th chord (X543XX)is struck on the
'down' and the return 'up' is the major (X54321) chord.
Intro:
| E5/A | E5/A | E5/A |
| E5/A | E5/A x2
Verse 1:
E5/A
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street,
E5/A
Some prett-y mama start breaking down on me.
A5/D E5/A
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,
E5/A
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rolling_stones/stop_breaking_down_crd.html ]
Verse 2:
E5/A
You Saturday night women, now, you just ape and clown,
E5/A
You don't do nothing but tear my reputation down.
A5/D E5/A
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,
E5/A
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.
E5/A
Alright, alright...
Bridge (Solo):
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A | (Mouth Organ & Guitar)
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A | (Lead Guitar)
Verse 3:
E5/A
I love my baby ninety-nine degrees,
E5/A
But that mama got a pistol, laid it down on me.
A5/D E5/A
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,
E5/A
Yeah, gonna make you l-os-e your mind.
Verse 4:
E5/A
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street,
E5/A
Some pretty woman start breaking down on me.
A5/D E5/A
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust your brain out, baby,
E5/A
I Tell ya, gonna make you l-o-se your mind.
Outro (Solo):
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A |
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A |
One more time!... (Piano Riff)
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A |
[End]
Notes:
1."But with 'Exile," 'cause its mostly blues-based stuff. "Stop Breaking Down" is
probably my favourite track. I remember getting Mick to play harmonica on that.
It did not seem like it was finished. My brother (Glyn) had recorded earlier. I
said, 'We've got to use this' because Mick Taylor plays some gorgeous lines and
I’m very sure that it’s Mick Jagger playing the rhythm guitar as well. That's why
it’s a little choppier."
