There is no electric bass on this recording just an upright bass you can
barely hear. The rhythm guitar is playing a walking blues pattern. If you know
a 12 bar blues think of this as a 12 bar blues with a extra 4 bars on the
one.
Written by Willie Dixon
Performed by Muddy Waters
Key Of A
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D |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
A |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
E |0—3—0—3—5—|———————————|—0—3—0—3—5—|—————————————————|
"Gypsy woman..." "Before I was Born..."
G |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
D |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
A |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
E |0—3—0—3—5—|———————————|—0—3—0—3—5—|—————————————————|
"I Got a boy..." "Gonna be a son of a gun"
G |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
D |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
A |——————————|———————————|———————————|—————————————————|
E |0—3—0—3—5—|———————————|—0—3—0—3—5—|—————————————————|
"He's Gonna..." "Jump and Shout...."
G |——————————|———————————|———————————|———————————————————|
D |——————————|———————————|———————————|——————————4————————|
A |——————————|———————————|———————————|————44—77——77—44———|
E |0—3—0—3—5—|———————————|—0—3—0—3—5—|—55——————————————5—|
"Then the world..." "What this all about."
G |———————————44—|—————————44—|————————————|—————————————|
D |———44—77——————|———44—77————|—————————44—|——————————44—|
A |55————————————|55——————————|———44—77————|————44—77————|
E |——————————————|————————————|55——————————|55———————————|
"Because I'm Here, Everybody knows I'm Here..."
G |——————————66—|—————————44—|———————————————————|——————————|
D |———66—99—————|———44—77————|———————————————————|——————————|
A |77———————————|55——————————|——4455667——5—6—7—7—|——————————|
E |—————————————|————————————|5—————————8————————|0—3—0—3—5—|
"Well I'm the Hoochie Coochie man..."
The last 2 bars goes like this:
G |—————————————————————————|
D |—————————————————————————|
A |——4—4—5—5—6—6—7——5—6—7———|
E |5———————————————8——————5—|
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915 April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues". Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams are his sons. A major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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