#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: May 2001 Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James (performed by: Chris Carter King) Tuning: DADFAD Chords: I'm not sure what the chords are called in a D tuning so... Tab 1: Intro D |----------------------------0-------------------------| A |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3-----3-----3----------------| F |-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--4--------4--4----------------| D |-3--0--2--0-----------0-------------------------------| A |-------------3--0--2-----------------0----------------| D |-------------------------0----------------------------| Tab 2: Verse and Chorus (pretty much the whole song) D |-------------0------------------------------------------| A |-0--0--0--0--0------0-------0--0--0--0---------0--------| F |-0--0--0--0---------0-------0--0--0--0---------0--------| D |-------0--3-----3---0-------------0--3---0-----0--------| A |-0--3-----------------------0--3------------------------| D |--------------------------------------------------------| Hard times here everywhere you go D |--------------0-----------------------------------------| A |-0--0--0--0---0-----0-------0--0--0---------------------| F |-0--0--0--0---------0-------0--0--0---------------------| D |--------------------------------------------------------| A |-------0--3------3--0-------------0---------------------| D |-0--3-----------------------0--3------------------------| time are harder much harder than D |-------------0--------------------------0---------------| The 5-4-0------------------------| is a slide from 5 to 4, A |-------------0--------------------------0---------------| then a pull off from 4 to 0------| F |----------------0--------------------------0------------| The 5-7-5-5-4-0------------------| is a quick slide D |-5--4--0-----------5--7--5--5--4--0---------------------| from 5-7-5, then a slide from 5--| A |--------------------------------------------------------| to 4 with a pull off to 0--------| This D |----------0--------------------------0------------------------------------------------------| repeats 2 to 4 times depending. before Note 1: there are many variations to the finger picking to give the song life throughout the tune. add soul, pain and heartache. Note 2: i'm sure there are some mistakes in my tabs, but you'll get the jist.