IT HURTS ME TOO
As recorded by Elmore James
(From the 1992 Album ELMORE JAMES : KING OF THE SLIDE GUITAR) 

Words & Music by Elmore James

Gtr I (D A D F# A D) - 'Elmore James - Lead w/slide overdriven acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Taylor - Rhythm - overdriven acoustic'
Gtr III (D A D F# A D) - 'James Williamson Bass line - dirty acoustic'

Intro
  Q.=62
 12/8
w/Bass Fig 1 - see below
  Gtr I
  Q    E  Q   E    a  Q.   Q.   Q   a  E  a  E.  S  E
|----/12-12--12-|-10s12------------10s12-10s12--10----|
|---------------|----------------------------------12-|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|


   ~~~
   Q.   Q.   E  a  Q   S  S  E  E
|-12-----------10s12--------------|
|-12------------------12s10-------|
|---------------------------11----|
|------------------------------12-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


   a  Q.     Q.       E  E  E  S  S  E  S  S      Q.     Q.       Q     E  Q    E
|-----------------10-------------------------------------------/12-12--12-|
|-------------------10-12s10----------------------------------/12-12---12-|
|----------------------------11-------------------------------------------|
|-10s12-------------------------12s10s===12-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  a  E  E E E  E E a E  E  E  E     E  E      a  E  E E E  E E a E E   E  E E  E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----3----3-5----5---3---3--5----5---------3----3-5----5---3-----3--5---5-|
|--3h=4----4-5----5-3h4--4--5----5--------3h=4--4-5----5--3h4-----4--5---5-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-Rhy Fig 1

       Q.       Q    E     Q     E  E E  S  S
|----/15-------17--------------/15-15------------|
|---------------------------------------15-------|
|------------------------------------------15----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
|  a   E  E  E  E E  E  a  E E   E  E E  E
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----10----10-12---12----10----10-12---12-------|
|-10h=11----11-12---12-10h11----11-12---12-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


      ~~~~
      Q.      S  S  Q     E  a  Q    S  S  E  E
|---/12------12s10----------10s12---------------|
|------------------12---------------12s10-------|
|-----------------------------------------11----|
|--------------------------------------------12-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| a   E  E E  E     E E a E     E E  E     E  E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----5----5--7-------7---5-------5--7--------7-|
|-5h==6----6--7-------7-5h6-------6--7--------7-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


      ~~~
   a  Q.     Q.     H.             W
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|-10s12--------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|
|     E  E E E  E E E  E E E E E   E E E Q  E +Q.   Q.
|-----5----5-8----8-7----7-6---4-|-5----------------------||
|-----7----7-7----7-8----8-8---6-|-7---8-8--8-(8)---------||
|--------------------------------|-----6-6--6-(6)---------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
|--------------------------------|------------------------||
                                            end Rhy Fig 1-|

 Verse 1
w/Rhy Fig 1

|---------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gtr I
      Q.        E  E  E     Q.       Q.          W
|-------------/12-12-12----12---------------------------------------------|
|-------------/12-12-12----12---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------|-----------------------||


 Verse 2
 w/Rhy Fig 1

|---------------------------------------|



      E  a  Q     a  Q    a  E  a  Q.       Q.
|-------10s12----10s12---10s12-10s12-----------------|
|-------10s12----10s12---10s12-10s12-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gtr I
      Q.        E  E  E     Q.       Q.          W
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|



|-------------------------|-----------------------||


 Verse 3
w/Rhy Fig 1

|---------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gtr I
       E  E  E  E  E  E      E  E  E  Q.          W
|----/12-12-12--9-12-12----/12-12-12-12-------|------------------------------|
|----/12-12-12----12-12----/12-12-12-12-------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|------------------------------|



  W                         H.           Q    a  E  E   E  E
|-------------------------|------------------10s12-12--12-12-||
|-------------------------|------------------10s12-12--------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||



 Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 1
   a  Q.       Q.          E   Q     E  E  S  S
|-10s12----------------------/12----12-10-------|
|----------------------------/12----------12s10s|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
 


      ~~~
      Q.       Q.          E  a  Q     E  E  E
|----------------------------10s12-------------|
|----12-------------------------------11-------|
|----------------------------------------11----|
|-------------------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|



     ~~~
     Q.     Q.       E  a  Q    S  S  E  E
|----------------------10s12---------------|
|------------------------------12s10-------|
|------------------------------------11-11-|
|---12-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|



     ~~~
     Q.     Q.       Q     E  E  E  E
|------------------------/12-12-12-12-|
|------------------------/12-12-12-12-|
|---11--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|



       Q.       E  Q        E   Q     E  E  S  S
|----/16-------17s16----------/15----16s14-------|
|---------------------------------------------14-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|



        ~~
     E  Q   Q.       E  Q    S  S  S  S  E
|---12-14--------------15---12s10-----------|
|---------------------------------12s10-----|
|---------------------------------------11--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|



   ~~~
   Q.     Q.     H.             W
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-12--------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------||



 Verse 4
w/Rhy Fig 1 - 1st 6 bars

|---------------------------------------|


|----------------------------------------|


|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


  Gtr I
                            ~~~
      Q.        E  E  E     Q.       Q.          W
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|-------------/12-12-12----12----------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------|



  Gtr II
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E Q  E +H.
|-5---5-8---8-7---7-6---4-|-5-----6--5-(5)----*|
|-7---7-7---7-8---8-8---6-|-7-----6--5-(5)----*|
|-------------------------|-------6--5-(5)----*|
|-------------------------|-------5--4-(4)----*|
|-------------------------|-------6--5-(5)----*|
|-------------------------|-------------------*|


Bass Fig 1
  Gtr I
  H.          Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E
|---------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------||o----------------------|----------------------|
|---------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|---------||---------------------0-|--------------------0-|
|---------||o-0--0-2--2-0----0-2---|-0--0-2--2-0----0-2---|
|---------||--0--0-0--0-0--4-------|-0--0-0--0-0--4-------|


  G                                             D
  Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------5-|--------------------5-|--------------------0-|
|-5--5-7--7-5--5-5-7---|-5--5-7--7-5--5-5-7---|-0--0-2--2-0----0-2---|
|-5--5-5--5-5----------|-5--5-5--5-5----------|-0--0-0--0-0--4-------|


  A
  Q  E Q  E Q   E E E E   W              W     6x
|-----------------------|--------------|-------||
|-----------------------|--------------|------o||
|-----------------------|--------------|-------||
|---------------------7-|--------------|-------||
|-7--7-9--9-7-----7-9---|--------------|------o||
|-7--7-7--7-7--11-------|--------------|-------||
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