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- |