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Crossroad Blues

Robert Johnson
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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.

Song

Crossroad Blues Intro - Robert Johnson

e e e e e e e e e q e q

--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--|--14--14---14--------------
--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--|--16--15^------------------
----------------------------------|------------------(13)-----
----------------------------------|---------------------------
----------------------------------|---------------------------
----------------------------------|---------------7-----------

e q q q e e e e e e E E E E q

--------|------------------------|-----------------------------
--------|---------------------4--|-----------------------------
---/16--|--14~~~----------16--4--|-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--
--------|---------16----------4--|-----7--7--7--6--6--5--5--4--
--------|-------------14---------|-----------------------------
--------|------------------------|--7--------------------------

e e H

E----------------

B----------------

G----------------

D----------4-----

A---(0)/4--------

E-------------2--

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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==

========================================================================

---------- ---------- ----t---

----5h8--- Hammeron       ----(8)--- Ghost          ----6--- Tap

---------- ---------- Note --------

----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------

---------- ---------- -----p--

----5/8--- Slide Up       -----x---- Dead           -----7-- Pop

---------- ---------- Note --s-----

----5\8--- Slide Down     ----------                --5----- Slap

---------- ||------|| Repeat --------

----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend

----------                ||*----*||                --------
----------                ||------||                --------

---------- ---------- --------

-4:------- Time ---------- --------

-4:------- Signature ---------- --------

---------- ---------- --------

Rhythm:

w = whole note W = dotted whole

h = half note H = dotted half

q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter

e = eighth note E = dotted eighth

s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth

t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd

x = 64th note X = dotted 64th

^ = triplet

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