Tabbed from "Lightnin Hopkins - Blues In My Bottle" album. This is a loose 12 bar blues in E played finger style using only the thumb and index finger. It's a good song to work on playing base and melody independently so you can improvise while keeping the beat going with your thumb. The chorus chord sequence is: 4 bars E major 2 bars A major 2 bars E major 1 bar B7 1 bar A7 2 bars E major Though he doesn't always stick to it for the last few bars.... Intro - Ee|--------------------0---------0--------------------------------------------| (022100@1)B|--------------------0---------0--------------------------------------------| G|--------------------1---------1--------------------------------------------| D|----0--0--2----------------------------------------------------------------| A|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------0----0-----0----0----------------------------------------------| Chorus - He plays variations of this throughout the song (8 times), all very similar. I've tabbed the most complex section so you can just simplify if/when you sing. The timing for the base notes is constant, you just have to get the feel and it'll come naturally. 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