Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Whats Goin Down

Transcribed by: Timothy Grimes e-mail: srv@pacificnet.net
I am not the greatest TAB writer, so this is the best I have to
offer. It is very close, if not right on. It's a lot of fun and
it lends itself to some improvised Jimi/SRVisms.
Tune to E flat and play with a hard funky feel. Amp settings
should be hot but not fully disrorted. The sublties and
dynamics of intro riff are too hard for me to illustrate so just
imagine you ARE SRV, Jimi, or KWS and really put some emotion
into it and it will sound really cool.
(h/p = hammer-on/pull-off)
INTRO
(*slide from 5th to 7th fret)

The chords are pretty straight forward after the riff
(C,C#,D,G-riff) the bridge is B minor on the 7th fret the down
to the A and back, and the lead is in B minor pentatonic.
I ain't a word guy, so I will let someone else add the words and
chord changes.
Good Luck! -Tim srv@pacificnet.net
E-Mail:srv@ix.netcom.com
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD - WHAT'S GOIN' DOWN
as recorded on the album Ledbetter Heights
Transcribed by Fulvio Lepore.
fulvio@geocities.com - flepore@tinet.ch
http://www.geocities.com/Sunsetstrip/Towers/4799/
Kenny's guitar is tuned half step down so the track on the
album sounds in F#.
h = hammer on
p = pull off
x = string muted with left hand
This is the main riff of the song:
Verse 1
Time's a wastin' now
And I ain't got no time to play
Everything is changin' now
Pretty soon it's all gone away
Verse 2
Can we make the changes now
You know there's no other way
Now's the time and the time is now
It's not the why, it's just the how
Chorus:
Have you looked around my friend
And really seen what's going down
Take a look into the sky
And lay your hand upon the ground
I ask of you good neighbour
for a life long favor
It is my faith I put in you
Solo 1 (goes on the sames chords as the chorus)
Repeat Verse 2 and Chorus
Solo 2 (goes on the same chords as the main riff)