E

C7

B7

|---0-----------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|--------------------------3--2---|

|--------------------------2--1---|

|-----5--5-4--4-3--3---2---3--2---|

|-0----------------------0--------|

E7

Eb7

D7

E

E7

Eb7sus2

D7

E

E/d

|---4------3------2---0--| |-4--4--4--0---0--2---0-----| |---0-----0-----------0--|

|-3---3--2---2--1---1-0--| |-3--3--3--2---2--1---0-----| |-3---3-2---2-1p0-----0--|

|-4------3------2-----1--| |-4--4--4--3---3--2---1-----| |-4-----3-----2---2-0h1--|

|---------------------2--| |---------------------------| |---------------------2--|

|---------------------2--| |---------------------------| |-5-----4-----3-------2--|

|---------------------0--| |---------------------------| |---------------------0--|

E

A/c#

C

E

E

/g#

/a

/c

E

E

A/c#

C

E

|------------------------| |-0----0-----0-----0-1-0-0--| |------------------------|

|---0-----0--------------| |----3---3-2---2-1----------| |------------------------|

|-4---4-2---2-0---1------| |------------------------1--| |-------------------1----|

|---------------2-2------| |------------------------2--| |-2--2--2--2--2-4-2-2----|

|-5-----4-----3---2------| |----------0-----3-------2--| |-5--5--4--4--3-----2----|

|-----------------0------| |-0--4-------------------0--| |-------------------0----|

A7

Ebdim

Dm

A

E7

|------------------------------------|

|---------------------------5-6-7-7--|

|---------------------------------6--|

|-12-----11-----10-------9--------7--|

|---10-----10-----10----10-----------|

|-----12-----11-----10---9-----------|

E7

. . .

E7

. . .

E7

|----------------|----------------|----

|--------------5-|----------------|----

|----------5-7---|-7--------5-----|----

|------5-7-------|------5-7---3b--|-0--

|

E7

E7

Born under a bad sign

E7

E7

I've been down since I began to crawl

B7

If it wasn't for bad luck

A7

E7

E7

I wouldn't have no luck at all

E7

Bad luck and trouble's been my only friend I've been down ever since I was ten Born under a bad sign I've been down since I began to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all I can't read, never learned how to write My whole life is one big fight Born under a bad sign I've been down since I began to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all If it wasn't for real bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all You know, wine and women is all I crave A big-legged woman's gonna carry me to my grave Born under a bad sign I've been down since I began to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck I wouldn't have no luck If it wasn't for real bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all

Original verison by Reverend Gary Davis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPsOpJGBRNc

Taught by Stefan Grossmann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHR1xk8Rp5k

Keith Richards cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutO9tW9k9g

Intro/Bridge

G6

F

|-------3-------3--|-------3-------3--|-------0----------|------------------|---0--------------|

|------------------|------------------|--1h3----------1--|-------1--------1h|-3-----3-p-1------|

|---0-------0------|---0-------0------|-----------0h2----|---2-------0h2----|-------------2----|

|-----2-------2----|-----2-------2----|----2--------0----|-----3-------3----|-----3-------3----|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|-3-------3--------|-3-------3--------|-3-------3--------|-1-------1--------|-1-------1--------|

G

C

|-2/4-time-|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|----------|------------------|-------0-------1--|---------------1--|------------------|

|----------|----0-------------|---0h2-----0------|---------0--------|------------------|

|----------|-------0-------0--|-----0-------0----|----2--------0h2--|-----2-------2----|

|----------|------------------|------------------|-3-----3----------|-3-------3--------|

|-0----1---|-3----------3-----|-3-------3--------|------------------|------------------|

Verse

C

F

|-3-----3----------|-3-----0----------|------------------|---0--------------|

|------------------|-----------3------|-------1-------1--|h3------3-p-1-----|

|---0-------0---0--|---0-----------0--|---2-------0h2----|---------------2--|

|-----2-------2----|-----2-------2----|-----3-------3----|-----3---------3--|

|-3-------3--------|-3-------3--------|------------------|------------------|

|------------------|------------------|-1-------1--------|-1--------1-------|

Yonder .. baby all dressed in white, hey baby won't you stay all night

Chorus

G

C

|-2/4-time-|----------3-------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|----------|------------------|-------0-------1--|---------------1--|------------------|

|----------|----0-------------|---0h2-----0------|----------0-------|------------------|

|----------|--------0------0--|-----0-------0----|----2--------0h2--|-----2-------2----|

|----------|------------------|------------------|-3-----3----------|-3-------3--------|

|-0----1---|-3----------3-----|-3-------3--------|------------------|------------------|

Cocaine, all around my brain

Interlude

E

F

|------------------|------------------|------------------|---0--------------|

|---------------0--|-------2p0--------|-------1-------1--|h3-----3----1-----|

|----------0h1-----|---1--------1-----|---2-------0h2----|---------------2--|

|----0h1/2---2-----|-----2---------2--|-----3-------3----|-----3---------3--|

|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

|-0------0---------|-0-------0--------|-1-------1--------|-1--------1-------|

Hey, baby, come here quick this ...... gonna make me sick

Yonder comes my baby all dressed in white Hey baby won't you stay all night Cocaine all around my brain Yonder comes my baby all dressed in blue Hey baby what you gonna do Cocaine all around my brain Yonder comes my baby all dressed in red Hey baby, cocaine's gonna kill your dad Cocaine all around my brain Yonder comes my baby all dressed in black Hey baby, don't you want me back? Cocaine all around your brain Hey baby come here quick This old cocaine is making me sick Cocaine all around my brain Cocaine's for horses, its not for men They say it'll kill you but they don't say when Cocaine all around my brain

e|-----------------------|----------------|--------|------------|

B|-----------------------|----------------|--------|----2----2--|

G|------------2----------|----------------|--------|----2----2--|

D|----2--2-------------0-|--2-------------|--------|----2----2--|

A|-----------------4-----|--------------0-|-3b--3b-|--0----0----|

E|-----------------------|------0----2----|--------|------------|

Gonna shoot some body just to see him die Well he

1

2

3

4

e|------------------------|----------------------------|

B|-----1-----1-----1---1--|----2---2---2-----2-------2-|

G|-----2-----2-----2---2--|----2---2---2-----2-------2-|

D|------------------------|------3b--3b-----------3b---|

A|--0-----0-----0----0----|-0--------------0-----------|

E|------------------------|----------------------------|

been on the job too long

A

Well, it's twinkle, twinkle little star

E

Well along came Brady in his 'lectric car

E

Well he got a mean look right in his eye Gonna shoot somebody just to see him die

Am

A

Well, he been on the job too long Well, Duncan, Duncan was tending the bar Well along come Brady with his shiny star Well Brady says, Duncan, you are under arrest And Duncan shot a hole right in Brady's chest Yes, he been on the job too long Well it's Brady, Brady, Brady, well you know you done wrong Well a-breaking in here when my game's going on Well breaking down the windows, knocking down the door Now you're lying dead on the barroom floor Yes, you been on the job too long Well, old King Brady was a big fat man Well the doctor reached out, grabbed hold of his hand Well he felt for his pulse, doctor said "An' I believe to my soul ol' King Brady's dead" Yes, he been on the job too long Well a-high tailed carriages a-standing around Waiting to take King Brady to the burying ground Well high tailed carriages, rubber tired hack Well, they took him to the graveyard but they didn't bring him back Yes, he been on the job too long Well, women all heard King Brady was dead Well they go back home and re-rag in red Come a-slipping and a-sliding and a-shuffling down the street In their big Mother Hubbards and their stocking feet He been on the job too long Well, Brady, Brady, well you know you done wrong Well breaking in here while my game's going on Well breaking down the windows, knocking down the door And now you're lying deaden on the barroom floor Yes, you been on the job too long

1. Low notes, on the beat, are always played by the thumb

2. I use the chord positions marked above the tab to play all the

other notes--just use the most obvious convenient finger within

the chord (or nearby) to fret the tabbed notes

3. The vamp in the first line shows h's before the treble notes in the

Am and E7 chords: these are hammered on on the beat, but not plucked.

4. There are probably some errors-- if it doesn't sound right, you'll

know. It is pretty obvious, once you get the feel. I never play it

exactly the same, two verses running, so this is just a template.

I'm not at all sure of the first line of that last verse, but it's

my best guess. I'd be happy to hear alternate "translations".

Am

E7

Am

E7

e|----|-----------------0-------|-----------------0-------|

B|----|h1x----1-----0---3-------|h1x----1-----0---3-------|

G|--0-|h2x----2---0h1---------0-|h2x----2---0h1---------0-|

D|----|h2x----2----h2-----2-----|h2x----2----h2-----2-----|

A|----|-0x---------h2-----------|-0x---------h2-----------|

E|----|-------------0-----------|-------------0-----------|

A nickel is a nickel and a dime is a dime

Am

E

C

C7

|-----------------0-1---2-|!3---0-------------------|

|h1x----1-----0-----------|!1-----1---------3-1-----|

|h2x----2---0h1---------0-|!0---------4-3---------0-|

|h2x----2----h2-----2-----|-------2-----------2-----|

|-0x---------h2-----------|!3-----------3-----------|

|-------------0-----------|-------------------------|

I need a new gal she won't mind, tell me

F

F

F

F

e|-------------------------|-------------------------|

B|-1x----3x----3^----3---1-|--x----3x----3^----3---1-|

G|-2x----2x----------2---2-|--x----2x----------2---2-|

D|-3x----------3-----------|-3x----------3-----------|

A|-------------------------|-------------------------|

E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

How long do I have to wait?

C7

C7

e|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

B|-------1x----------------|-1x------------------------------------------|

G|-------3x----2-/-3----x--|-3x----2-/-3---------------------------------|

D|-------2x----1-/-2----x--|-2x----1-/-2---------------------------------|

A|-3x----------2-/-3----x3x|-------2-/-3------------- OR:-----0---1--|-2-|

E|-------------------------|-----------------0-1---2--------3--------|---|

G7

G7

C

C7

F

Fm6

C

G7

e|------1-----1------|-------------------|-------------------|---------1---------|

B|---------3---------|--------5-4---3----|-----1-----1---1---|-1-------0---------|

G|----0------------0-|----0-------0----0-|-------3---2---1---|-0--0----0---------|

D|------0-------0----|----//5---4---3----|-------2---3---0---|-----------0-------|

A|-------------------|-------------------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|

E|-3x--------3-------|-3-----------------|-------------------|------3--------3---|

Can I get you now, Lord, must I hesitate? Well, the eagle on the dollar says "in God we trust" You say you want a man, I wanna see that dollar first, tell me... If the river was whiskey, and I was a duck You know I'd swim to the bottom, Lord, an' never come up, tell me... Rocks in the ocean, baby, fish in the sea Knows you mean the world to me, tell me... Well, the hesitatin' stockings got them hesitatin' shoes Lord, I got them Hesitatin' Blues, tell me... How long do I have to wait? Can I get you now, Lord, must I hesitate Said, can I get you now, how long must I hesitate?

Am

E

Am

E

Am

E

C7

|--------------|--------------|--------0-1-2-|-3-0-0--------|

|----1------0--|----1------0--|----1---------|-----1--------|

|-2--2---1--1--|-2--2---1--1--|-2--2--1------|-------3------|

|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----2------2-|

|-0------------|-0------------|-0------------|-3--------3---|

|--------0-----|--------0-----|-------0------|--------------|

F

C

|--------------|--------------|--8-8-5-3-0---|--------------|

|-3---1--------|---13131---/5-|------------1-|-------------0|

|------------1-|-2---------/5-|--------------|-0-2---0-2-3--|

|---3------3---|----3----3----|-5------------|----1-2-------|

|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

|-1------1-----|-1----1-------|--------------|--------------|

G7

C

C7

F7

C

|---------3-1-0|--------------|--------------|------3-------|

|--------------|-4-1--------1-|-----1--------|-1------------|

|--0-----0-----|----------0---|---3----------|----0---------|

|----0---------|--------------|---2----3-1---|-3--------3---|

|------3-2-----|----3---0-2---|-3---3------3-|--------------|

|-3---------3--|------3-------|--------------|--------3-----|

Am

E

Am

E

I woke up this morning just 'bout half past four

Am

E

C7

Hesitation blues was knocking on my door

F

C

Tell me, how long, do I baby, have to wait

G7

C

C7

F7

C

Can I let you know? Why must I hesitate? Ain't no use in me working so hard I got me two good women working in the rich folks' yard I ain't your good man, ain't your good man's son But I can get in the place of your good man 'til your good man comes Well, I ain't no miller, ain't no miller's son But I can grind a little corn 'til the miller comes I ain't no wine presser, ain't no wine presser's son But I can buy you a little groceries 'til the grocery man comes I ain't no cradle rocker, ain't no cradle rocker's son But I can do a little rockin' for you 'til the rocker man comes Well, I ain't no doctor, ain't no doctor's son But I can cure a few cases 'til the doctor comes Eagle on the dollar say, "In God We Trust" Woman flashy, wants a man but I declare she want a dollar first I ain't no bookkeeper, ain't no bookkeeper's son But I can keep a few books 'til the bookkeeper comes I ain't no milkman, ain't no milkman's son But I can keep you supplied 'til your milkman comes I ain't no chauffeur, ain't no chauffeur's son But I can do a little driving 'til your chauffeur comes Well, I ain't no backbreaker, ain't no backbreaker's son But I can stretch out my back 'til your backbreaker comes I ain't got no woman and I ain't got no kid Ain't got no daughter to be bothered with I ain't no rent payer, ain't no rent payer's son But I can scrape up a few rents 'til the rent payer comes Well, I ain't been to heaven but I've been told St. Peter learnt the angels how to do the Jelly Roll Me and my buddy and two or three more We get good women everywhere we go Well, I hitched up the mule and the mule wouldn't pull Took the hunches off the mule and put the hunches on the bull Blacker the berry the sweeter the juice I'd be a fool if I quit the woman I got because it ain't no use I got hesitating stockings, hesitating shoes I got a hesitating woman singing me the hesitating blues My good gal quit me, I ain't going to wear no black I always got something to make her come running back Men in the country hollering, "Whoa, haw, gee!" Women in the city flying around asking the question, "Who wants me?" Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Just show me a woman that a man can trust You know, my mother told me when I was just six years old I'm going to be a good women getter God bless your soul

|---0-3b---|-------------|---0------|-------------|-----

|---0-3b---|---3---------|-----0----|---3---------|-----

|----------2/4---4-2p0---|----------2/4---4-2p0---|-----

|----------|-----------2-|----------|-----------2-|-----

|----------|-------------|----------|-------------|-----

|-0-0-0-0--|-------------|-0-0-0-0--|-------------|-----

Whoa, smokestack lightnin' Shinin' just like gold Why don't you hear me cryin'? A-woo-hoo, a-woo-hoo, whoo Whoa-oh, tell me, baby What's the matter here? Why don't you hear me cryin'? Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, whoo Whoa-oh, tell me, baby Where did you stay last night? Why don't you hear me cryin'? Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, whoo Whoa-oh, stop your train Let a poor boy ride Why don't you hear me cryin'? Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, whoo Whoa-oh, fare-you-well Never see a you no more Why don't you hear me cryin'? Woo-hoo, woo-hoo, whoo Whoa-oh, who been here baby since I, I been gone a little bitty boy? Girl, be on A-woo-hoo, woo-hoo, whoo

Intro

A

Dm

A

---------|--------------|----1---0-----|--------------|--------------|

---------|----/2---0----|----3-3-3-3-3-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0-----|

---------|-------2----2-|--------0---0-|------2---2-2-|------2---2-2-|

---------|-0--/2---0----|-0--0-------0-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0-----|

---------|------------4-|--------------|-0----------4-|-0----------4-|

-0-4/5/7-|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

Dm

A

|----1---0-----|----1---0-----|--------------|----------------|

|----3-3-3-3-3-|----3-3-3-3-3-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0-------|

|--------0---0-|--------0---0-|------2---2-2-|------2---------|

|------------0-|----0-------0-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0---0-1-|

|-0--0---------|-0------------|-0----------4-|-0--------4-----|

|--------------|-0------------|--------------|----------------|

E7

D7/f#

B

A

|---0---0------|---------0----|-----4-5p4-0------|--------------|

|-----3-3-3----|-1-1-----0----|--/4------------2-|----2---2-----|

|-------1---1--|-2-2-2-1----2-|-2/4--------------|----2---2-----|

|-2-2---2---2--|--------2-----|-2/4--------------|----2---2-----|

|--------------|----------/4--|-0----------6/5-4-|-0------------|

|-0----------1-|-2------------|------------------|------0---2/4-|

Verses 1 and 2

A

Dm

A

|--------------|----1---0-----|--------------|--------------|

|---/2---0-----|----3-3-3-3-3-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0-----|

|------2----2--|--------0---0-|------2---2-2-|------2---2-2-|

|---/2---0-----|-0--0-------0-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0-----|

|-----------4--|--------------|-0----------4-|-0----------4-|

|-0------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|

Dm

A

|----1---0-----|----1---0-----|--------------|----------------|

|----3-3-3-3-3-|----3-3-3-3-3-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0-------|

|--------0---0-|--------0---0-|------2---2-2-|------2---------|

|-0--0-------0-|----0-------0-|---/2---0-----|---/2---0---0-1-|

|--------------|-0------------|-0----------4-|-0--------4-----|

|--------------|-0------------|--------------|----------------|

E7

D7/f#

B

A

|---0---0-------|-----------0-----|------4-5p4-0------|-------------|

|-----3-3-3-----|-1-1-------0-----|---/4--------------|---2---2-----|

|-------1---1---|-2-2-2-1-------2-|-2-/4--------------|---2---2-----|

|-2-2---2---2---|---------2-------|-2-/4--------------|---2---2-----|

|---------------|------------/4---|-0-----------6/5-4-|-0-----------|

|-0-----------1-|-2---------------|-------------------|-----0---2/4-|

Verse 3 - alternative last two bars:

A

|---------------|-----------------|----------0-----|------------|

|-%-------------|-%---------------|---/2-----------|---2--2-----|

|---------------|-----------------|---/2-2---------|---2--2-----|

|---------------|-----------------|---/2---2-------|---2--2-----|

|---------------|-----------------|-0----------1-0-|-0----------|

|---------------|-----------------|----------------|--------2/4-|

Outro

E7

D7/f#

A

|----0---0-0-----|-----------0-----|----------0-----|---------3---|

|------3-3-3-----|-1-1-------0-----|---/2-----------|---------2---|

|--------1---1---|-2-2-2-1-------2-|---/2-2---------|---------2---|

|-2--2---2---2---|---------2-------|---/2---2---1-0-|---------2---|

|----------------|------------/4---|-0--------------|-0---0---0---|

|-0------------1-|-2---------------|----------------|---4---------|

Lord, that weepin' willow and that mournin' dove That weepin' willow and that mournin' dove I got a gal up the country, Lord, you know I sure do love Now, if you see my woman, tell her I says hurry home You see my woman, tell her I says hurry home I ain't had no lovin' since my gal been gone Where it ain't no love, ain't no gettin' along Where it ain't no love, mama, ain't no gettin' along My gal treat me so mean and dirty, sometime I don't know right from wrong Lord, I lied down last night, tried to take my rest I lied down last night, tried to take my rest (spoken: What happened, boy?) You know, my mind got to ramblin' just like wild geese in the west Gonna buy me a bulldog, watch you whilst I sleep Gonna buy me a bulldog, watch you whilst I sleep Just to keep these men from makin' this early mornin' creep Now, if you see my woman, tell her I says hurry home You see my woman, tell her I says hurry home I ain't had no lovin' since my gal been gone You gonna want my love, baby, some lonesome day, yeah You gonna want my love, mama, some old lonesome day Then it be too late, I'll be gone too far away

| |

Em

B7

Em

That is the story about Willie the Weeper

Em

B7

Em

Willie the Weeper was a chimney sweeper

Am

He had the habit, boy, he had it bad

Em

B7

Em

Let me tell you about a dream he had

Em

De-dah de-dah de-dah De-dah de-dah de-dah Ba-da ba-da ba-da-da

B7

Em

De-dah doh He went to the hop-house the other night Wherein the lights were shining bright Called out to the boy to bring him some hop Started into smoking like he'd never stop De-dah de-dah de-dah ... After he had smoked about a dozen pills He said, "This ought to cure all my aches and ills" He turned on the sign and he went to sleep Dreamed he was a sailor on the ocean deep De-dah de-dah de-dah ... They played draw poker as they left the land He won a million dollars on the very first hand He played and he played until the crew went broke Then he turned around and had another smoke De-dah de-dah de-dah ... He came to the island of Siam He rubbed his eyes and said, "I wonder where I am?" He played crap with the king, he won a million more Had to leave the island 'cause the king got sore De-dah de-dah de-dah ... He went to Monte Carlo where he played roulette He couldn't lose a penny 'cause they won every bet He played and he played until the bank went broke Then he turned around and had another smoke De-dah de-dah de-dah ... Then he thought he'd better be a-sailing for home He chartered a ship and sailed away alone The ship hit a rock, he hit the floor The dope gave out and the dream was o'er De-dah de-dah de-dah ... That was the story about Willie the Weeper Willie the Weeper was a yen-pox eater Some day a pill too many he'll take And dreaming that he's dead he will forget to wake De-dah de-dah de-dah ...