Going Down Slow

by Muddy waters, Duane Allman, etc. · posted by gene

How hard is it?

Listen to the song— a recording linked by the tab’s author

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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

Written by J. B. Oden
Performed by Muddy Waters, Duane Allaan
Lightning Hopkins, The Electric Flag, Eric Clapton, Howlin' Wolf, B. B. King
 

  -2  -4  -2  4
1) I’ve had my fun

    -2    -4     -4    -4    -4  -4 -4  4
2) Won’t some-   bo-   dy  write my mo-ther
3) Mo-   ther, please don’t send me no doc-tor

   -3”  4   -4  -4   -4  -4   -4   4  4
1) If   I  don’t e-  ver get well no more
2) And tell her the shape    __I’m__ in
3) A  doc-  tor can’t do me   no     good

   -4  -2  4
1) Had my fun

    -2    -4     -4    -4    -4  -4 -4  4
2) Won’t some-   bo-   dy  write my mo-ther
3) Mo-   ther, please don’t send me no doc-tor

   -3”  4   -4  -4   -4  -4   -4   4  4
1) If   I  don’t e-  ver get well no more
2) And tell her the shape    __I’m__ in
3) A  doc-  tor can’t do me   no     good

  -2  -3”  -2   5    5   -4  -3’  -2
1) I know  my health is fail-ing  me
2) I want  you  to  tell her to  pray for me
3)   Back when  I   was  a  young boy

  -3”   4    -4   4  -4 -4   4    4
1) I   know that I’m go-in’ down slow
2) Ask her   to  for-give me and my sins
3) I  just  did- n’t do  the things I should

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound