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Song: Highway 49 (Alternate Take)
Artist: Howlin' Wolf
Album: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition)[2003]
Writer: Joe Lee Williams
URL: Original (not Alternate Take) http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=LYlAYqYP0To&list=PLjcOWKHeMrl-_-Kg3u2ma96nhxHC9MOQU&index=2;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_London_Howlin%27_Wolf_Sessions
Tempo: Moderato
Style: Delta Blues
Method: The principal chord is struck on the downstroke and deconstructed on the
upstroke by removing one finger. It creates a sense of a train-style rhythmic
beat which surges through this song. As shown below.
Chords:
EADGBe EADGBe
D: XX0232 - D3add4:XX0032
D7: XX0212 - D11: XX0012
G7: 320001 - G6: 320000
A7: X02020 - A9: X02000
Intro:(Lead & Piano Over)
|D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7|
Verse 1:
D D7
I'm gonna get up in the morning, I'm gonna hit Highway 49,
G7 D
I'm gonna get up in the morning, I'm gonna hit Highway 49.
A7 G7 D A7
I been lookin' for my baby, Melvina's down on my mind.
Verse 2:
D D7
I'm gonna stop by the whiskey store and get me me up a jug of wine,
G7 D
I'm gonna stop by the whiskey store, I'm gonna buy me me up a jug of wine.
A7 G7 D A7
If I don't find Miss Melvina, I'll have me a jug a wine.
Instrumental Break:(Lead Over)
|D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7|
Verse 3:
D D7
Yeah, it'll be soon in the mornin' when I go walkin' in Jackson town. (that's down in Mississippi)
G7 D
It'll be soon in the mornin' when I go walkin' in Jackson town, (that's down in Mississippi)
A7 G7 D A7
I been lookin' for my baby, Melvina can't be found.
Verse 4:
D D7
Melvina's my woman, she stays on my mind,
A7 D
Melvina my woman and she stays on my mind
G7 A7 D A7
I'm crazy about the woman, she live' on Highway 49.
Instrumental Break:(Lead Over)
|D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7|
Outro:(Lead Over)
|D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7|(Fade)
[End]
Notes:
1. The 'Alternate Take' of "Highway 49" is nearly a minute longer than the
original recording. This version has considerably longer Instrumental Breaks and
the Lyrics differ.
2. Herbert Sumlin's rhthym playing, as heard on this track, creates a unique under-
current. 'Much missed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Sumlin
