Blues In The Bottle tab

Blues In The Bottle

Tabbed from "Lightnin Hopkins - Blues In My Bottle" album.

This is a loose 12 bar blues in E played finger style using only the thumb and index finger. 
It's a good song to work on playing base and melody independently so you can improvise while keeping
the beat going with your thumb.

The chorus chord sequence is:
4 bars E major
2 bars A major
2 bars E major
1 bar  B7
1 bar  A7
2 bars E major


Though he doesn't always stick to it for the last few bars....


Intro - 


   E
e|--------------------0---------0--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------0---------0--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------1---------1--------------------------------------------|
D|----0--0--2----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------0----0-----0----0----------------------------------------------|


Chorus - He plays variations of this throughout the song (8 times), all very similar. I've tabbed 
the most complex section so you can just simplify if/when you sing. The timing for the base notes is 
constant, you just have to get the feel and it'll come naturally.


   E
e|----0--0--0-----------0-----0--0--0-----------0-------------0--------------|
B|-------------3--0-----0--------------3--0-----0-----3--3---------3----0----|
G|----------------------1-----------------------1----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----0----0----0----|


   E
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2--2--0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------2----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-----0-----0--0----------------------------------------------------------|
                  ^play this on the off beat, possibly with finger to help keep the rhythm solid

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


   E                                             A                       B
e|------0-----0-------------------------------------0------------------------|
B|-0-------------0--3----3--0--3--0-----0-----3--3-----3--0------------------|
G|-----------------------------------2-----------------------2-2-0-2-0-------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------2-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-----2---|
E|-0----0-----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0---------------------------------|


                          E       B#7  B7
e|--------------------------------3----2----0--------------------------------|
B|---0--3--3--0-------------------5----4----0--------------------------------|
G|---------------2--2-0-----------3----2-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------2---------5----4-------------------------------------|
A|------2-----2-----2-------------3----2-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------0----0---------------------------------------------|

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