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From: stuart@comserver.canberra.edu.au (Stuart Christopherson)
Subject: "Sweet Home Chicago" by Robert Johnson
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Sweet Home Chicago
by Robert Johnson
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Johnson recorded this tune in the key of F#. His guitar is standard
tuning, and capoed at the second fret. The transcription is in E to
match his fingerings.
Introduction
/ = denotes slide
* = denotes bending one quarter step
E6/C# C(no 5th) E7/B B7/F#
E--12--12--12---|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9/10-|-10--0-------------------|
B---------------|---------------------------|--------------0----------|
G---------------|---------------------------|-9---------2--------2----|
D---------------|-11----------10----10---9--|-9---0--1--------1-------|
A---------------|---------------------------|--------2--------2-------|
E---------------|---------------------------|--------2--------2-----2-|
Oh - ah. Baby don't ...
E E6 E7/5 E7/6 A5 A6 A7 A6 E E6 E5 E6
E------------------|-------------------|-----0--------------|
B----0-------------|-------------------|--------------------|
G--0-1-----------0-|--2-------------0--|-0-1-----------0-0--|
D----------0---0---|--2---4---5---4----|--------------------|
A------4-----2-4---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---2---4-2-2-4------|
E------0-0---0-0---|-------------------|---0---0-0-0-0------|
Oh - oh. Baby don't you ...
E E6 E5 E6 A5 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6
E------0---------------|-------------------|-----0--------------|
B----------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
G--0-1---------------0-|----------------0--|-0-1-----------0-0--|
D----------------------|--2---4---5-5-4----|--------------------|
A----2---2-4-4-2-2-4---|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|---2---4-2-2-4------|
E----0---0-0-0-0-0-0---|-------------------|---0---0-0-0-0------|
Back to ...
E E6 E7 E6 E E6 E5 E6
E------0---------------|------0--------------|
B----------------------|---------------------|
G--0-1-------------0-0-|--0-1----------------|
D------------0---------|---------------------|
A----2---4---2---4---4-|----2---4-4-2-2-4----|
E----0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--|
of California to my ...
B/F# B N.C. E5 E7 Edim7 Am
E----------------------|--7*----7*-7*-7*--------0-|----------0---0-0---0-|
B------------0---------|--8*-8*-8*-8*-8*--0--2----|--------3---2---1-----|
G--------------------0-|--------------------------|----2-4-----3---2-0-1-|
D--1----1----1---------|--------------------------|----------------------|
A--2----2----2---2-----|--------------------------|--2-------------------|
E--2----2--------------|--------------------------|--0-------------------|
E B7
E--------------------------------|
B--------0--0-----0-----0--------|
G--------------2--2--2--2-----0--|
D----2---1--1--------1-----1-----|
A----2------2--------2-----2-----|
E----0---2-----------------------|
Ending
N.C. E5/B E7 E6 C(no 5th) E5/B E7
E-----0--12---|--12-12----12-12-12-12-12-12--|--12--------10--10--|
B-------------|--------12--------------------|----------------9---|
G-------------|------------------------------|------0---------9---|
D---7/9-------|--12-------11-11-------10-10--|--9------9----------|
A-------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
E-------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
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