Tupelo Chords & Tabs
by John Lee Hooker
[Content] i'm not sure if this is 100% acurate but it's diffinately close, i only tabbing it because i couldn't find a good tab for it so learnt it myself using JLH videos and working bits out.. The song is very simple blues song. Listen a long to the song and you should get this quite easily. Intro: E -----------------------¦-----------------------¦ B -----------------------¦-----------------------¦ G ---------------------1-¦-----------------------¦ D -------0-----0---2-----¦-------0-----0---2-2---¦ A ---0h2---0h2-------0---¦---0h2---0h2-------0---¦ E -0-------------3--------¦-0------------3-------¦ E ----------------------------¦---------------------¦ B ----------------------------¦---------------------¦ G --------------------------1-¦---------------------¦ D ---0h20h20h20h2-2-------2---¦-------0-----0---2---¦ A ------------------0---0-----¦---0h2---0h2-------0-¦ E -0------------------3-------¦-0-------------3-----¦ the verse is pretty much the same as the intro in slightly different order. These are a few licks that are played in the verses (don't think these are that accurate but i had a go). Listen to the song to know where these bits are played. If you want you could improvise these bits (which i personally think can sound great) Lick 1: E ---------¦ B ---------¦ G ---------¦ D -2p0-----¦ A -----2b~-¦ E ---------¦ Lick 2: E --------------------------¦ B -3p2-0h2--3p2-0h2---------¦ G ------------------0h2-0h2-¦ D --------------------------¦ A --------------------------¦ E --------------------------¦ Lick 3: E -0-00-0-00-0-00-0-¦ B -3-11-3-11-3-11-3-¦ G ------------------¦ D ------------------¦ A ------------------¦ E ------------------¦ There are 2 short solos played in the middle of the song which i am not able to tab out, all i can say is that the notes played are usually around the Am chord and don't go any higher than the 3rd or 4th fret. So just try improvisen and you should get the feel of it.
