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------- |
E5 A5 x8
E5 A5 E5 A5
Big blonde mama, lord, Apartment 213
E5 A5 E5 A5
Moves like a cobra snake and she treats me like a king
( A5 )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E5 A5 x2
B5
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E5 A5 x2
E5 A5 E5 A5
Got a Nashville woman lord, she calls me on the phone
E5 A5 E5 A5
Tells me to leave them Houston girls alone
( A5 )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E5 A5 x2
B5
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E5 A5 x2
E5 A5 E5 A5
Motorcycle mama, lord, monkey on her back
E5 A5 E5 A5
Takes dm from her saddlebags, cocaine from a sack
( A5 )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E5 A5 x2
B5
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E5 A5 x2
E5 A5 E5 A5
I gotta blackjack baby, lord, she lives in New Orleans
E5 A5 E5 A5
Treats me like an orphan, yeah, she calls me Mr. Clean
( A5 )
Roll me over easy, mama, roll me over slow
E5 A5 x2
B5
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E5 A5 x2
E5 A5 E5 A5
Big blonde mama, lord, Apartment 213
E5 A5 E5 A5
Moves like a cobra snake and she treats me like a king
( A5 )
Roll me over easy mama, roll me over slow
E5 A5 x2
B5
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E5 A5 x2
B5
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E5 A5 x2
B5
Do your best to please me, lord
A(pause) *
And I'm bound to take you with me when I go
E5 A5
End
e--0--------- |
B--0-------0- |
G--0h1-----1- |
D--0h2-----2- |
A--0h2-----2- |
E--0---3-0-0- |
