Wednesday, December 16, 2009

"Blues for Mama"

This is one true fave of the Back to Tulsa album. Great solos too!


I think it's in the key of C minor. Or, actually maybe it's C Dorian? Who cares.  :D


The main part is:

The Blues for Mama bit is: [Cm][Cm][Gm][Gm] x2



The rest her soul bit is:

[Eb][Eb][F][F]

[Gm][Gm][Eb][F]



The modulated bridge part at the latter part of the song, starts at around 1m35s, is:

[Bb][Bb][Ab][Ab]

[Bb][Bb][Ab][Gm]




acoustic solo bit 1m54 - 2m07s:

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-12'-10-8-10 12'-12'-10-8-10~-10H12-8-(10)------------
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------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------
-10-12'-10-8-10H12s...-----------------------8~-(10)--
-----------------------2S13H15-8~-8-10-8--10----------
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The solo after 3min kicks in the same C minor pentatonic kicks off
...approximately like this:

-----------------------------------------------------
-11^~-11-13----13-11---------------------------------
-----------12-----------10-12-10-10-8----------------
--------------------------------------10-8-10-8------
--------------------------------------------------10-
-----------------------------------------------------

Monday, December 14, 2009

"Thing going on"

(EDIT: I think it's kinda ambiguous, but having tried tabbing the solo, I now think the Db chord for the bridge is minor not major, so Dbm instead)


This one's kinda off pitch. It's a bit flatted from Ab. 
 
The main progression is a walk up:  
[Abm]Look here [B]we got a thing going [Dbm]on[Ebm]
[Abm]Never fear [B]we got a thing going [Dbm]on[Ebm] 
 
the bridge is : 
[Dbm]Ain't nothing to it[Abm]Got to get down and do it
[Dbm]I tell you the truth[Ebm]Ain't jivin' you

Intro takes off:
 
---------------------------
---9~-7-9-7~--9------------
-8--------------8-6-8-6--6~-s8~
----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------
 
 
so basically it's all Abm pentatonic... but man it's sweet! 

Saturday, December 12, 2009

"You got something"

Finally doing something off the great Troubadour album! 


This one's simply just G to C and back forever...
 
For the little guitar fills it's a lot of G and F 
(17th and 15th fret on D string., for example), 
...and then some other notes of the G minor pentatonic. 
 ...at least that's how I approach it... too lazy to dig it all out. 
 
 

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

"Things ain't simple"

This one's for Kent by request, so I hope I am not way off now! :D 
Please DO correct me if I am! :)
 
It's in Eb. 
 
Intro is Eb, strumming a boogie shuffle a bit like this:
D:-------------13---------- 
A:-13-13-15-13-13-13-15-13-
E:-11-11-13-11----11-13-11-
 
The main part:
[Eb]It's so [Bb]sad to say
[Ab]Talking about [Eb]yesterday
[Ab]All those [Bb]good times are [Eb]gone[Bb]
 
The bridge: 
[C][C]We took love [Bb]easy 
[Ab]One day at a [Eb]time

Monday, December 7, 2009

"Mona"

This sweeet track is very simple. 
Just going back and forth between D and A for forever. 
 
[D]Mona she comes in the [A]morning
[D]She brings me a bottle of [A]wine
 
The bass track is basically D and A,
with a little a walk up to the note at the end of previous bar:
 
.D.......A.......D.......A ...etc
----------------------------
-----------(7)--------------
-5-----------(7)-5----------
-------7-5-------------7-5--
 
The one lead up to D, in brackets, appears less frequently.  

Sunday, December 6, 2009

"I'll kiss the world goodbye"

 
Above the tools of my trade. ;)
 
I am not 100% but hear this classic something like this: 
[B]I've been so [A]lone in these [B]prison walls
Good lord, [A]thinking I would [B]die
You've got the [A]time to [B]get me out
I'll kiss this [A]world good[B]bye
[E]The rain keep [F#]falling and [B]I feel [A]fallin
[B]Lord, I [A]think I'm gonna [B]die
 
solo (basically B mixolydian):

-------------------------------7-
------------------------7-9-10---
-8h9-11-9p8-9p8-----8h9----------
----------------9----------------
---------------------------------
---------------------------------
 
---------------------------
---------------------------
-8h9-11-9p8h9p8h9p8--------
---------------------------
---------------------------
---------------------------
 
--------------------------------
-------------------7~-----------
---------------8-9--------------
-9-11-9------9--------9p8-9-8---
-----------9------------------9-
---------7----------------------
 
--------------------------------------------
------------------------7-------------------
-8--------------9p8-9-8---9p8-9-11-9-8------
---9-7---9-7-9~------------------------9-7-9
-------9------------------------------------
------------------------------- 
 
------7------------------------ 
--------10-7---7~~------------- 
-9s11--------9----------------- 
------------------------------- 
------------------------------- 
-------------------------------  


Saturday, December 5, 2009

"Ridin' home"

Finally really getting to the great early stuff here!

[F]I'm sittin' on this train and I'm ridin' home, ridin' home
I'm sittin' on this train and I'm ridin' home, [C]ridin' home
[F]I've got my bag and I'm ready to go
[Bb]I wish this train didn't move so slow
[F]I'm sittin' on this train and I'm [C]ridin' home, [F]ridin' home

Friday, December 4, 2009

"fate of a fool"

This is yet another Dm-C thang!

[Dm]Spending my life in a cold hard bar room
Drinking that [C]long black whisky [Dm]down

The constant bass is just the basic root-fifth thing:
A:-5---
E:---5- for Dm chord

A:-3---
E:---3- for C chord

Intro:

--------12----12~-----------------
-----------13-----10-13p10-13-10~-
----------------------------------
----10----------------------------
-12-------------------------------
----------------------------------

-----------------10-13-------10-13^-13^--
-13^-13s15-13-15-------13-10-------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------

--10----10------------------------------------------
-----13----10~---------------8s10----8--------------
---------------12p10-----12^------10---10--10-------
---------------------12-----------------------12-12-
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------
-------------------------------
-------12-10-------------------
-0-12----------12-10--------12-
-------------------12-10-------
-------------------------13----

"Nowhere to run"

This one is off the great "In session" DVD (it's in the same key on the record too):

[G]Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
No way to relieve this feeling in[D]side
Lord, you done gimme them [G]blues and then you took a ride[C]
[C]Left me with [G]nowhere to run [D]nowhere to hide [G][F] [C][G]

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

"Deep dark dungeon"

This is a simple 8-bar blues in E:
EEAA
EBAE
(I play like the open chords, except 12 frets up)

Intro in E minor pentatonic (1st box here) has the the repeating figure over the progession:
E:----12-----12---
B:-15'----15'-----

...plus the turnaround before he starts to sing:
E:--------------17^--15~-12----------------
B:-15-12----12-------------15--17~---------
G:-------14--------------------------------

...and the end of the outro goes like this:
E:------------------------------------------------------
B:-17'-15-17~--(15)-17'-17'--15-17-15-17-15-17-15-17~---

Here I am naturally only tabbing the intro/outro guitar that is easier to hear. There are a couple of overlapping solo guitar tracks on there...