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Song: Highway 49 (Alternate Take) Artist: Howlin' Wolf Album: The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions (Deluxe Edition)[2003] Writer: Joe Lee Williams URL: Original (not Alternate Take) http://www.youtube.com/watch' v=LYlAYqYP0To&list=PLjcOWKHeMrl-_-Kg3u2ma96nhxHC9MOQU&index=2; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_London_Howlin%27_Wolf_Sessions Tempo: Moderato Style: Delta Blues Method: The principal chord is struck on the downstroke and deconstructed on the upstroke by removing one finger. It creates a sense of a train-style rhythmic beat which surges through this song. As shown below. Chords: EADGBe EADGBe D: XX0232 - D3add4:XX0032 D7: XX0212 - D11: XX0012 G7: 320001 - G6: 320000 A7: X02020 - A9: X02000 Intro:(Lead & Piano Over) |D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7| Verse 1:
I'm gonna Dget up in the morning, I'm gonna hit Highway D749, I'm gonna G7get up in the morning, I'm gonna hit Highway D49. I been A7lookin' for my baby, MelG7vina's Ddown on A7my mind.
Verse 2:
I'm gonna Dstop by the whiskey store and get me me up a D7jug of wine, I'm gonna G7stop by the whiskey store, I'm gonna buy me me up a Djug of wine. If I A7don't find Miss Melvina, G7I'll have me Da jug A7a wine.
Instrumental Break:(Lead Over) |D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7| Verse 3:
Yeah, it'll be Dsoon in the mornin' when I go walkin' in Jackson D7town. (that's down in Mississippi) It'll be G7soon in the mornin' when I go walkin' in Jackson Dtown, (that's down in Mississippi) I been A7lookin' for my baby, MelG7vina caDn't be A7found.
Verse 4:
MelDvina's my woman, she stays on my D7mind, MelA7vina my woman and she stays on my Dmind I'm cG7razy about the woman, A7she live' on DHighway A749.
Instrumental Break:(Lead Over) |D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7| Outro:(Lead Over) |D D7|G7 D|A7 G7|D A7|(Fade) [End] Notes: 1. The 'Alternate Take' of "Highway 49" is nearly a minute longer than the original recording. This version has considerably longer Instrumental Breaks and the Lyrics differ. 2. Herbert Sumlin's rhthym playing, as heard on this track, creates a unique under- current. 'Much missed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Sumlin