Crossroads Blues (chromatic)

by Robert Johnson, Eric Clapton · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

CROSSROADS BLUES chromatic
By: Robert Johnson
Eric Clapton
Key: G

   G7
-6 -6  -6 -6  -5-3*  3 
I went to the cross-roads,

 -6   -6  -5 -3*  3
fell down on my knees 
   C7
6  -6  -6 -6   -3*    3
I went to the cross-roads,
                         G7
 -6   -6  -5 -3*  3
fell down on my knees 
                               D7    G7
-3* -3*  3  -3*  3  -3*   -3* -3  -1
I asked the Lord a-bove "Have mer-cy 

 -5   -5   5 -3* -3*  -3 3
save poor Bob if you please"

Yeeooo, standin at the crossroad
tried to flag a ride
ooo ooo eee
I tried to flag a ride
Didn't nobody seem to know me babe
everybody pass me by
Standin at the crossroad babe
risin sun goin down
Standin at the crossroad babe
eee eee eee, risin sun goin down
I believe to my soul now,
Poor Bob is sinkin down
You can run, you can run
tell my friend Willie Brown
You can run, you can run
tell my friend Willie Brown
(th)'at I got the crossroad blues 
this mornin Lord
babe, I'm sinkin down
And I went to the crossroad momma
I looked east and west
I went to the crossroad baby
I looked east and west
Lord, I didn't have no sweet woman
ooh-well babe, in my distress

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