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Mississippi Blues

Willie Brown
Tab
3.8(5)

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

Intro

D7/F# A(BAR) D7/F# Dm7/F#

|------------------------------------|-----------1------------------------|
|-1-----0----------------------------|-------2---2--------3--------1----0-|
|----2-----2-p-0---------------------|----2----------2---------2-------2--|
|-----------------2---1--0-----------|------------------------------------|
|----------0-----------------2b3r2-0-|------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------2--------------|--0--------3--------2---------1-----|

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

Verse

I'm goin ...

A(reg) 7 E7 A (E bar 5)

|---------------0--------------------|----7-----------------------------7-|
|--2---------3-----------------------|----8---------------7----5--------8-|
|--2---------1---------------4--5--/-|-6--6---------6-----6----6----5h6---|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--0-----2---------------0-----------|---------0--------------------0-----|
|-----0-------------0----------------|-0------------------0---------------|

bl

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

A (E bar 5)

|-----------5----5-------------------|---7------------------------------7-|
|-----------7----5-------------------|---8---------------7----5---------8-|
|------6----6----6-------4----5----6-|---6----------6----6----6----5h6----|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------0-----------------0------|---------0--------------------0-----|
|-0------------------0---------------|--0----------------0----------------|

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

D9/F# D9/F#

|-----------5----5-------------------|-----0--------0---------------------|
|-----------7----5-------------------|--1-----1--0-----0------------------|
|------6----6----6-------0----1----2-|--2--------2---------2---0----1---2-|
|------------------------0----0----0-|-----------0---------0---0----0---0-|
|-----------0------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------0---------1------|--2------------------2--------1-----|

bl

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

A (E bar 5)

|-----0---------0--------------------|------7---------------------------7-|
|-1------1---0----1--2---------------|------8------------7----5---------8-|
|-2----------2-------0---------------|------6-------6----6----6----5h6----|
|------------0-------------4---5---6-|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------0------------------0------|
|-2------------------2---------------|--0----------------0----------------|

bl

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

E7

|---------5-----5--------5----7---3--|--4-\-0--------------------0--------|
|---------7-----5--------6----7---4--|--5-\-0--------3----------------2---|
|----6----6-----6--------------------|---------0-h-1-1------------------1-|
|------------------------------------|---------2--------------------------|
|---------0-------------------0------|---------2--------------------2-----|
|-0------------------0---------------|--0-----------------0---------------|

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

D7/F# A(BAR) D/F# Dm7/F#

|------------------------------------|-----------1------------------------|
|-1-----0----------------------------|--------2--2--------3---------1---0-|
|----2------2-p-0--------------------|-----2---------2---------2------2---|
|------------------2---1--0----------|------------------------------------|
|-----------0----------------2b3r2-0-|------------------------------------|
|-2--------------------2-------------|--0--------3--------2---------1-----|

\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \

GO TO VERSE

OR

GO TO ENDING

Ending

A(bar) E7(C7 b 4) A7 (D7 bar 7)

|----------------------9------------|
|-1---------5----------8------------|
|-1---------7----------9------------|
|-----------6----------7------------|
|-0---------7-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

bl bl st st st st st

\ \ \ \

strum and brush

rapidly to end

Lyrics:

Goin' down the delta where I can have my fun. (2x)

Where I can drink my white lightnin' and gamble,

I can bring my baby home.

Don't the delta look lonely when that evenin' sun goes down.

Don't the delta look lonely when that evenin' sun goes down.

Well, you're lookin' for your baby,

Don't know where she could be found.

Goin' back to my usta be although that she done me wrong.

Goin' back to my usta be although that she done me wrong.

Well, I think I'll have to forgive her,

'Cause I'm tired of drifting through this world alone.

She treat me dirty, but I love her just the same.

She treat me dirty, but I love her just the same.

Well, it just break my heart to hear her

Call some other man call her name.

Now goodbye, I'm going to leave you and I won't be back no more.

Now goodbye, I'm going to leave you and I won't be back no more.

And my mind gets to rambling,

See you in 1944.

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

| r Release

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| st Strum

| bl Block (dampen strings)

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