Me And The Devil Blues Tab

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From: tron@elrayo.rhein-main.de (markus tron)
Subject: Robert Johnson: Me and the Devil Blues
 
 
I play this with my fingers.
Sometimes I use a thumb-pick for a louder bass line.
I use at least (as a minimum size) 0.13" sized strings!
I think Johnsons guitar is in standard tuning, with a capo on
the first fret (= B flat). I play it in A.
 
 
Title:  Me and the devil Blues
Artist: Robert Johnson
 
 
[Intro]
 
e|-9-9-9-9-9----|-8-8-8-8-8----|-7-7-7-7-7----|-5----5-5--5-5--5-5--5------|
B|-8-8-8-8-8----|-7-7-7-7-7----|-6-6-6-6-6----|-5--------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9----|-8-8-8-8-8----|-7-7-7-7-7----|-6--------------------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|------5-5--4-4--3-3--2------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|---0--------------------2-2-|
E|--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------------0-0-|
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
e|-8/9---------------------|----|
B|-7/8---------------------|----|
G|-8/9---------------------|----|
D|-------------------------|----|
A|-------------------------|----|
E|-------------------------|----|
 
    Early this morning
 
e|-8/9~------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-8-9--|
B|-7/8~------------------------|-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-8-8-7-7-8--|
G|-8/9~------------------------|-9-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-9-9-8-8-9--|
D|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
 
    when you knocked upon my door
 
e|-2-----------------------|----|
B|-1-----------------------|----|
G|-2----2----2----2--------|----|
D|-------------------------|----|
A|-------------------------|----|
E|------2----2----2--------|----|
 
    Early this morning
 
e|-------------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------------|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--|
G|--2-----2-----2----2-----|-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--|
D|-------------------------|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--|
A|-------------------------|-------------------|
E|--2-----2-----2----2-----|-------------------|
 
    when you knocked upon my door
 
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0----0----0----0-------|--0----0----0----0--------|
A|--2----2----2----2-------|--0----0----0----0--------|
E|--0----0----0----0-------|--2----2----2----2--------|
 
    And I said "Hello Satan    I believe it's time to go"
 
e|-------5-5--5-5--5-5--|------|
B|--2-------------------|-3-3--|
G|--2-------------------|-1-1--|
D|--2----5-5--4-4--3-3--|-2-2--|
A|----------------------|------|
E|----------------------|------|
 
    turnaround
 
 
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| /    pick first note and slide up to second without picking second note.
| \    pick first note and slide down to second without picking second note.
| ~    slight vibrato.
| h    hammer on.
| p    pull off.
| d    dampen (with left or right hand) as soon as you play next note
 
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