• Song:

    Black Jack Mama

  • Artist:

    Townes Van Zandt

  • Album:

    In The Beginning

Black Jack Mama by Townes Van Zandt
Capo 3

When you play E strum without any fingers on the fret then quickly place
your fingers down and strum a few times to make the same sound he does. And
that single note he plays after every once in a while is on the e string
fret 3.

the strum (something like this)
e | --0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- |  
B | --0---0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2- | 
G | --0h1-1-1-0h1-1-1-2-2- |   repeat
D | --0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2- | 
A | --0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-0-0- | 
E | --0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- | 

During the line "Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow" he does a few of
the things you when you play with E except do it with A
e | --0--- | 
B | --0h2- | 
G | --0h2- | 
D | --0h2- | 
A | --0--- | 
E | --0--- | 

* = the single note thingy
e--3b4-- | 
B------- | 
G------- | 
D------- | 
A------- | 
E------- | 


E A x8

E                A   E             A
Big blonde mama, lord, Apartment 213
E                     A  E                           A                
Moves like a cobra snake and she treats me like a king 
( A )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow

E A x2

B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause)                                   *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go

E A x2

E                     A  E                          A
Got a Nashville woman lord, she calls me on the phone
E                    A E                 A
Tells me to leave them Houston girls alone
( A )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow

E A x2

B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause)                                   *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go

E A x2

E               A   E                     A           
Motorcycle mama, lord, monkey on her back
E                          A  E                A
Takes dm from her saddlebags, cocaine from a sack
( A )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow

E A x2

B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause)                                   *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go

E A x2

E                        A   E                       A         
I gotta blackjack baby, lord, she lives in New Orleans
E                        A E                       A
Treats me like an orphan, yeah, she calls me Mr. Clean
( A )
Roll me over easy, mama, roll me over slow

E A x2

B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause)                                   *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go

E A x2

E                 A  E              A
Big blonde mama, lord, Apartment 213
E                    A  E                            A
Moves like a cobra snake and she treats me like a king 
( A )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow

E A x2

B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause)                                   *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go

E A x2

B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause)                                   *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go

E A x2

B7
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause)                                   *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go

E A

End
e--0--------- | 
B--0-------0- | 
G--0h1-----1- | 
D--0h2-----2- | 
A--0h2-----2- | 
E--0---3-0-0- |
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