Hellhound On My Trail

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

HELLHOUND ON MY TRAIL
By: Robert Johnson
Key: D

Dm/M tonality thoughout

 D7   
-3 -4 -4  -6  -5  -5
I got to keep mov-ing, 
  A7
6  6   6   6   5* -3
I got to keep mov-ing
                          D7
  6    6    5*  -3   5*   -5
Blues fall-ing down like hail, 
 -3     3   3   -2   -2   -1
blues fall-ing down like hail
-5-6-5  -7   -6* -6*  -5    6   -5
Mmm,  blues fall-ing down like hail, 
 -3     3   3   -2   -2   -1
blues fall-ing down like hail
            A7
-5   6   6    7   6  -5  5*  5*  -3
And the day keeps on re-mind-in' me, 
                              D7
  -5   -5  -6   -5   -4 5*  -5
there's a hell-hound on my trail
 -2    1   -1 2   -2-1
Hell-hound on my trail, 
 -1    1   -1 -2  -1
hell-hound on my trail


If today was Christmas eve, 
if today was Christmas eve
And tomorrow was Christmas day
If today was Christmas eve 
and tomorrow was Christmas day
All I would need is my little sweet rider
Just to pass the time away, 
to pass the time away

You sprinkled hot foot powder, 
mmm, around my door
All around my door
You sprinkled hot foot powder, 
all around your daddy's door
It keeps me with ramblin' mind rider
Every old place I go, every old place I go

I can tell the wind is risin', 
the leaves tremblin' on the tree
Tremblin' on the tree
I can tell the wind is risin', 
leaves tremblin' on the tree
All I need is my little sweet woman
And to keep my company, 
hey, hey, hey, hey, my company

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