Johnny Cash : "Home of the blues" Guitar tabs

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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)

 HOME OF THE BLUES (As performed by Johnny Cash, on Sun Records)
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   --4/4 // Key of E // Moderately
   --"bum-chicky" country feel, of course (alternate bass)
   --"transcr./arr." tcg, '93, '94
   
 INTRO:
  [ ad . . . . . lib . . . . . feel . . . .]  [BUM-chicky tempo...]
                                                  ^ v     ^ v    ^
 ||-7--5-|-4-2-0-----------|-----------------|----0-0-----0-0-|--0----------||
 ||------|-------3-2-0-----|-----------------|----0-0-----0-0-|--0----------||
 ||------|-------------2-1-|-----------------|----0-1-----0-1-|--1----------||
 ||------|-----------------|-4-2-0-----------|----2-2-----2-2-|--2----------||
 ||------|-----------------|-------4-2-0-----|---------2------|--2----------||
 ||------|-----------------|-------------4-2-|-0--------------|--0--0--2--4-||
    h  h   q q q q q q q q   q q q q q q q q   q  e e  q  e e    q  q  q  q
  
 VERSE 1:
  A               B7             E          E
 Just ..
  A                    B7    E       E
 Down ...
     A           B7              E          E
 If ..
         A              B7           E      E
 You'll ..
  
 VERSE 2:
 A           B7           E          E
 I ..
        A             B7          E      E
 Keeps ..
      A         B7                  E         E  
 The ..
       A           B7           E      E
 It's ..
  
 BREAK:
               A       A                        E          E
 Oh, ..
  B7           B7          E       E
 Mem'ries ..
   A               A          E            E
 Dreams ..
 F#7            F#7         F#7           B7    B7
 I ..
  
 VERSE 3:
  A            B7              E           E
 So ..
         A                B7           E       E
 And ..
  A              B7          E          E
 Come ..
         A              B7           E       E
 You're ..
  
 LEAD TACIT--
     A   B7   E   E       A   A   E   E   B7   B7   E   E
  
 VERSE 1 / CODA:
  A               B7             E          E
 Just ..
  A                    B7    E       E
 Down ..
     A           B7              E         E
 If ..,
         A              B7           E      E
 You'll ..
                    A              B7           E      E   A   A   E   E   E
 Yeh, ..=

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