Riding With The King (Diatonic Solo A 1st/3rd Pos.)

by John Haitt · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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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

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Riding With The King (Diatonic Solo A 1st/3rd Pos.)
Words & Music by John Haitt
From the album of the same name
Keys of: A Major changing to B Major
Range: A3 to B5

This solo includes the adapted guitar intro and Eric Clapton’s vocal part (of the duet).
It does not include B.B. King’s vocals or Recitation.

Tab notations:
none = blow    - = draw    ’ = half step draw
” = full step draw        ob = overblow
____ = hold or sustain    ~~ = waiver hand cup
-(1x3”) = draw chord w TB (If you can’t manage both notes,
then play the higher of the two {which in this case would be -3”})
^-3”-3’ = the ^-3” is a grace note immediately followed by -3’
-5_5ob_ = slur, or slide, from -5 to 5ob as smoothly as possible

Clapton’s Guitar Intro (A Major diatonic, 1st position):
1 -2 1 -3” 1 ^-3”-3’ 1 -3” 1 ^-3”-3’ 1 -3” 1 -3’ 4~~
1 -2 1 -3” 1 ^-3”-3’ 1 -3” 1 ^-3”-3’ 1 -3” 1 -3’ 1 -(1x3”)____
-3 -4     5ob 5ob 3 -3” 5ob 5ob 4 5ob -4

A Major diatonic, 3rd position:
-3 -3”    -3” -3 -4 -4_ -4_     -3” 4   -4_    -5_5ob_
I dreamed I had a good job and I got well – paid___

-3 -4   -4 -5_ -4 -4 -5 -4 -4_ -4_____
I blew it all at the pen-ny ar-cade.___

    -4   -4     5ob -3” -3” -3” 4   4_ -5_6__
Our hard earned dol-lars on   a cup-id doll._

-3 -4   -3 -5    -4 -4 6     -5_ -4 -4_____
No pret-ty chick is gon-na    make me crawl._

-6 -6 -6 -6 6_-5 6_-4 -5 -5 -5   6     6_-5_-4__
Get on a T. W.__ A.__ to the Prom-ised Land.____

-6’ 6 ^-56 -4    -5_    -5 ^-4-5__
Ev-‘ry wo-man, child, and man__

-4 -4 -6’ 6 -5_6
gets a Cad-il-lac

6 -4 -5_   -4      6   -5   6_-5_-4____
and a great big     dia-mond ring.______

6     -5 5    5ob    -6’ 5ob 6    -4 -6_6_-5_-4__5ob_-4_
Don’t you know you’re rid-in’ with The King?______________

-3” -3” -3” -4 -4   -4 5ob ⁴-3” -3 -3” -4   -4 -5_5ob_
He’s on   a mis-sion of mer-cy   to a new fron-tier.__

4    -4 5 -5    -4 -4 -4      -5 -4 -4_____
He’s gon-na check us all out,    out of here.__

4 -4 -4   6   -3”     4 -4__ -7____
Up to that man-sion    on the_ hill,_

4     -4 -4 5ob -4   -4 5ob   -4_-3” 4_-4____
where you can get your pre–scrip–tion__ filled__

-6 ^-6’-6 -6 -6 6_-5 6_-4 -5 -5 -5   6      -5_6__-5_-4
Get on a T. W.__ A.__ to the Prom-ised   Land_______

-6 6 6   6   6____ -5   -4_-5____
Ev-‘ry-bod-y, clap_ your hands.___

-4 -5    -4 -5    -5    -4 -5 -5   -4 -5__-6_6__-5_-4__
And don’t you girls love the way that it seems____________

6     5ob 6    5ob   6   -5 6    -5 -6__6_-5_-4_____
Don’t you know we’re rid-in’ with The King?___________

-4    6   -5 6    -6 6_-5_-4___
We’re rid-in’ with the King._____

6     -5 6    -5 5ob 6   5ob 6    5ob -6__6_-5_-4_____
Don’t you know you’re rid-in’ with The King?___________

4 -6   -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6      -6_6 5ob 6_5ob_-4_5ob___
A tux - e-do and a shin-y Three - thir–ty – five.__________

-6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -6    4   -6    6 -5 6_-5-4____
You can see it in his face the blues is his life._____

-4 -5      -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5   -5
To-night, ev-‘ry-bod-y’s get-tin’ their

-6 -5 6________
an-gel wings.___

4   6     -5 6    5ob   6   5ob 6    5ob 6_-6__-4______
And don’t you know we’re rid-in’ with The King?_________

B.B. King’s Recitation

-4    6     -5 6    -5    6   -5 6    -5 6_-6________
Well, don’t you know we’re rid-in’ with The King?_______

6     5ob 6    5ob    6   5ob 6    5ob -6__-5_-4____-6_-4__
Don’t you know you’re rid-in’ with The King?_______________

6__   5ob 6    5ob    6   -5 6    5ob     -6__-8_______
Don’t you know you’re rid-in’ with the     King?________

4      6   -8     5ob    6 5ob 6    5ob -6_⁶-6___-5_-4____
You’re rid-in’,   You’re rid-in with The King._____________

-5     6   -5
You’re rid-in’,

-5     6   5ob 6    5ob -6__-8_____-6_-5_-4__^-55ob__
you’re rid-in’ with The King._____________________

6   5ob 6    -6 6_-5_-4___
Rid-in’ with The King._____

6   5ob 6    5ob -6_-6’_-6_____4_-5_6__
Rid-in’ with The King._________________

              (Begin Fade)
6   5ob -4   -3” -4_-5___   6   5ob 6    5ob -6___-8-8____
Rid-in’ with The King.___   Rid-in’ with The King.________

6   5ob 6    -6 6_-5_-4_-5__
Rid-in’ with The King._______

6     5ob 6    5ob    6   5ob 6    5ob -6_-8_________
Don’t you know you’re rid-in’ with The King?_________ (Fade out)

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