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Sweet Home Chicago

Eric Clapton
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

Riff Guitar 1

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------8----8--8----------------|
G|--7/9~--7/9-7---------------9~---9--9-7------------|
D|--------------7\5-----------------------7\5--------|
A|------------------7~------------------------7------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

For the verse, just listen to the song and follow this pattern

Come on, baby dont you want to go (Riff A5)

Verse

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-keep this same rhythm until after "go"-----|
A|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(after the word go)[Riff E5)

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-----|
E|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|

Come on, baby don't you want to go (Riff A5)

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-keep this same rhythm until after "go"-----|
A|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

(after the word go)[Riff E5)

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-----|
E|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|

Back from the land of california, to my sweet home chicago [verse]

^ ^ ^ upstroke these 3 notes

e|---------------------------------------------------0-0-x-0--|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-----------------------------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-------------------|
A|-----------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--5-4-3-2----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse again

Piano Break

until i get more, you should get the idea of how the song is, after it says "Back from

the land of california to my sweet home chicago" ther is a little change of pace and

then it goes back to a verse thing,then a piano break, and then the solo by Doyle, but

they layout goes like this.

Intro Riff

Riff A5 \

Riff E5 \

Riff A5 verse

Riff E5 /

Riff D5 /

Piano Break

Solo by bramhall

Verse

[Solo] By Clapton

Intro Riff

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| x Dead note

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| ~ Vibrato

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