Leadbelly - Packin trunk

This is my tab for Leadbelly's awesome song, "Packin' Trunk", which can be found on the compilation "King of the 12-String Guitar". Leadbelly uses a 12-string guitar for this one, but it sounds good on a 6-string, too. I've written the tab in the key of G, although the actually recording seems to be a half-step higher. If you want to play with the recording, just tune to open G and put a capo on 1st fret. The whole song is played with a slide, except the strumming part between the verses and the end where Leadbelly uses harmonics to imitate a piano. This is not really meant to be an exact transcription of what Leadbelly plays in the song, more of a starting point to learn the song. With these old blues songs, I think it's best to get a feel for some of the riffs that are used, listen to the recording, and then figure out a way of playing the song that works for you. [Intro] (same as verse) "Sitting down here wondering, will a matchbox hold my clothes? d|-/12----------------|-/12\11------------------|--/12\11--------/12\11----------|-----12------------------| B|-/12----------------|-(12)----12--------------|----------12------------12------|-------------------------| G|--------------------|--------(12)---12--------|----------------------------12--|-------------------------| D|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| G|--12---12---12---12-|--12-----12----12----12--|---12-----12-----12-----12------|--12-----12----12----12--| D|--------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------| d|--/12\11--------/12\11----------|-----12------------------| B|----------12------------12------|-------------------------| G|----------------------------12--|-------------------------| D|--------------------------------|-------------------------| G|---12-----12-----12-----12------|--12-----12----12----12--| D|--------------------------------|-------------------------| Sittin down here wondering, will a matchbox hold my clothes? d|------5--------------------|------5---------------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--| B|-/5-------5----------------|-/5-------5\----------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--| G|--------------5------------|-----------------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--| D|----------5------------5---|----------5------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--| G|--5---------------5--------|--5-------------------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------| D|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------0------|-------------0------| Sittin down here wondering will a matchbox hold my clothes." d|------7--------------------|------5---------------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--| B|-/7-------7----------------|-/5-------5\----------------|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--| G|--------------7------------|-----------------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--| D|----------7------------7---|----------5------/3---(/3)--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--| G|--7---------------7--------|--5-------------------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------| D|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------0------|-------------0------| After the intro and each verse, Leadbelly does a sort of spoken part. At these times, he just keeps strumming the strings open like this: "This song was made about a man and a woman, this man wanted to marry the woman, she didn't want him" etc. d|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--| B|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--|-------0--0------0--| G|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--| D|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--|--0----0--0------0--| G|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------|--0-----------------| D|-------------0------|-------------0------|-------------0------|-------------0------| 1 2 & 3 4 Then, at the end of the song, Leadbelly, says something like, "little girl jumped on and played the piano", and he plays this part that sort of sounds like piano, using harmonics: + + + + + + + + + + + + + + d|--12-------------------12----------|--12-------------------12----------| B|---------12--------------------12--|---------12--------------------12--| G|-------------12--------------------|-------------12--------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|--12-----12-------12-------12------|--12-----12-------12-------12------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + + + + + + + + + + + + + + d|--7------------------7---------|--7------------------7----------| B|--------7-------------------7--|--------7--------------------7--| G|------------7------------------|------------7-------------------| D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--7-----7-------7--------7-----|--7-----7--------7--------7-----| D|-------------------------------|--------------------------------| + + + + + + + + + + + + + + d|--12-------------------12----------|--12-------------------12----------| B|---------12--------------------12--|---------12--------------------12--| G|-------------12--------------------|-------------12--------------------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| G|--12-----12-------12-------12------|--12-----12-------12-------12------| D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| + + + + + + + + + + d|--7------------------7---------|--12----------12--| B|--------7-------------------7--|--------12----12--| G|------------7------------------|--------------12--| D|-------------------------------|--------------12--| G|--7-----7-------7--------7-----|--12----12----12--| D|-------------------------------|------------------| | / slide up | \ slide down | + harmonic