I'm suprised that Sammy and Joe didn't try harder to get this on the CD.
Its a much different sound that the rest of the record. Please rate/comment!
Acoustic Intro - play 4x (ending is a single open E chord)
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| G# | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 |
| E | 0 3p0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | |
| B | 0 0 0 0 | 5 8 |
| E | 3p0 0 0 0 3 0 | 5h7 3 5 x 5p3 0 |
Acoustic Verse
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 3p0 3p0 | 0 |
| | |
| | 2 3 |
"Rollin' down to Pontchartrain"
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 3p0 3p0 | 0 |
| | |
| | 2 1 |
"Honeysuckle running though her veins"
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 3p0 3p0 | |
| | |
| | 2 3 |
"Up and down on the great Big Easy"
2 beats 4 beats again
| 0 0 0 0 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 | |
| 0 0 0 0 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 | 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 |
| 0 0 0 0 | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 | |
| | 7 7 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 7 |
| | 7 7 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 7 |
| 5 | 7 7 7 7 7 | 7 7 7 7 |
"Hold on till the levee breaks"
Chorus Pt. 1:
play 3x Pt. 1 Ending
| 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 4 4 2 |
| 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 5 5 4 |
| 0 0 0 0 | | 0 0 |
| 0 x x 0 x x 0 x x 0 x x | | 0 x x 0 x x |
| 0 x x 0 x x 0 x x 0 x x | | 0 x x 0 x x |
| 0 x x 0 x x 0 x x 0 x x | | 0 x x 0 x x 3 4 |
"Whoa whoa whoa whoa"
"Yeah yeah yeah yeah"
Chorus Pt. 2:
| 0 0 | 12 |
| 8 8 8 8 0 0 | 12 |
| 5 5 5 5 | 12 |
| | 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 5 6 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 |
| 0 0 | 10 10 |
| 8 8 8 8 0 0 | 12 12 |
| 5 5 5 5 | |
| | 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 5 6 | 7 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 |
| 0 0 | 10 10 |
| 8 8 8 8 0 0 | 12 12 12 12 |
| 5 5 5 5 | 12 12 |
| | 0 0 0 |
| 5 6 | 7 0 0 0 |
| 5 | 0 0 0 3 4 |
| 0 0 | |
| 8 8 8 8 0 0 | 10 10 10 |
| 5 5 5 5 | 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 |
| | 0 0 3p0 0 0 |
| | 5 |
| 5 5 6 | 7 |
Chorus Lyrics:
"Baptize you up in the muddy water
Bring you down, down, down to New Orleans, wooh
Wash the sweet salt sweat from your mortal body
Woah, baby oh baby now we gon' live forever"
Play Acoustic Intro similarly to 1st time until 1:35, then play Verse again
Verse 2 Lyrics:
"Walkin' now down Magazine
Dakota jumped out Bourbon Street
When the sun ges down, wake me up
When the sun comes up, I'm goin' down, wooh"
Play Chorus again similarly
Play Acoustic Intro similarly at 2:33
Acoustic Break (2:56, play 2x)
| | 0 0 0 |
| 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 | 8 0 0 0 10/12 12 10\8 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 8 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| | |
| 10 9 | 8 0 |
| | 0 0 0 0 |
| 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 | 8 0 0 0 3 /5 /8 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 |
| | |
| 10 9 | 8 |
Slide solo (heavy distortion) - initial pick slide is on previous beat
** Note that several slides are quick with a pull-off move to hit the next note
| e | 0 0 0 0 | 3p0 | 0 0 0 |
| B | 2/3\2 2/3\2 3 | 0 | 2/3\2 0 2/3\2p 2/3\2p 0 |
| G | 0PM | | |
| D | x\ | | |
| A | x\ | | |
| E | x\ 0 | 3~ 0 | |
| e | 0 /10 | (10~) 10 10 | 0 |
| B | (0) 0 0 0 | 12 12 /10 /8 | 5 5\0 |
| G | 1 | | 1 |
| D | | | |
| A | | | |
| E | | | |
| e | | /10p 0 0 |
| B | /12 15~ /10 /8 | 5 /5p /8p |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | | |
| E | 2/3\2 0 0 2/3\2 0 0 3/5\3 0 0 0 | 2/3\2 0 0 2/3\2 0 |
| B | 2/3\2 2/3\2 | 2/3\2 |
| G | | 0 |
| D | | 0 |
| A | | x |
| E | | 3p0 |
| E | 2/3\2 0 0 0 2/3\2 0 2/3\2 0 0 | 0 0 2/3\2 0 0 /10 |
| B | 2/3\2 2/3\2 | 2/3\2 2/3\2 2/3\2 |
| G | | |
| D | | |
| A | | |
| E | | |
| e | 10 10~ | | |
| B | 12 12 /10 8 | 9 9 14 | |
| G | | 9 7 9 9 /14 12 14 12 | /14 12 /14 12 /14 12 /14 12 /14 14 |
| D | | | 12/ |
| A | | | |
| E | | | |
| e | 24\ | | on this last bar |
| B | | /5~ | start playing the |
| G | | | "Acoustic Break" again |
| D | 14~b15r14b17 | |
| A | | |
| E | | |
Slide solo Acoustic part (play similarly with ad-libs throughout solo)
| e | 0 0 |
| B | 2/3\2 0 2p0 0 0 2/3\2 0h2 0 0 0 |
| G# | 2/3\2 0 2p0 0 0 2/3\2 0h2 0 0 0 |
| E | 2/3\2 0 2p0 0 0 2/3\2 0h2 0 0 0 |
| B | |
| E | |
As mentioned above, Acoustic Break part kicks in from the end of solo to the song ending.
Ending (4:17)
| e | 10 |
| B | 12 |
| G# | 12 |
| E | 10/12 12 12 12 |
| B | |
| E | |
key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
| PM Palm Mute