Play along at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDIK4KhPPO0&list=PLp7lbCfIo1yUAQ27bn-zu3eS8N3ci_68g&index=5
You can use the same chords to play this song two different ways, one the original
key with the Riff and the alternative is with a partial capo II. It changes
the key but gives the riff and song a rich bass that might be nice in solo performance.
(Alternative)
Riff (Partial capo on 2nd fret with open “E”)
E|--C2-----------3--5--------3--5--|
B|--C2-----------5--2--------5--2--|
G|--C2-----------4--2--------4--2--|
D|--C2-----------2--2--------2--2--|
A|--C2-----2-----2--4-----2--2--4--|
E|--0---6-----0--0--5--6-----0--5--|
Riff
E|-----------5--3------------5--3--|
B|-----------6--3------------6--3--|
G|-----------7--4------------7--4--|
D|--6--7-----7--5---6--7-----7--5--|
A|--------5--5------------5--5-----|
E|---------------------------------|
Intro
[Dm] [Dm] [G] [G] [Dm] [Dm] [Aaug]
Verse
[Dm] [G]
My man's gone now
Riff
[G] [Dm]
Ain't no use a listenin'
Riff
[G] [Dm]
For his tired footsteps
[A7] [Dm]
Climbin' up the stairs
Riff X4 (Improvise over Riff)
N.C.
Ahhh Mmmmm Ahhhh Ahhhh Mmmm
Verse
[Dm] [G]
Old man sorrow's
Riff
[Dm] [G]
Come to keep me company
Riff
[G] [Dm]
Whisperin' beside me
[A7] [Dm]
When I say my prayers
Riff
[A7] [Dm]
When I say my prayers
Riff X4 (Improvise over Riff)
N.C.
Ahhh Mmmmm Ahhhh Ahhhh Mmmm
Verse
[Dm] [G]
He come around
Riff
[Dm] [G]
He come up, he come around
Riff
[G] [Dm]
Ain't that I mind workin'
Riff
[G] [Dm]
Workin' means travelers
[G] [Dm]
Journeyin' together
[A7] [Dm]
To the promised land
Riff
Outro
(Freely)
[Dm] [G]
But old man sorrow
[Dm] [G]
Mountin' all the way with me
[G] [Dm]
Tellin' me that I'm old now
[A7] [Dm]
Since I lose my man
[A7] [Dm]
Since I lose my man
Riff X4 (Improvise over Riff)
N.C.
Ahhh Mmmmm Ahhhh Ahhhh Mmmm
[A7] [Dm]
Since I lose my man
