Mississippi John Hurt - If you dont want me
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Capo: 2
Tuning: D A D F# A D
Title: If You Don't Want Me
Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tuning: Open-D
Time: 4/4
Tempo: Q=140
Capo: 2
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths.
Start easy and increase speed during the song.
All Verses and the Interlude are followed by the Bridge.
Important technique to achieve the right sound and mood of the piece:
In the MainLick play the 2nd string 2nd fret with your index finger
not holding down but "tipping to the notes" - in each measure the first one short,
the second long - and simultaneously (while your index finger comes down)
muting the 1st string, so it doesn't ring out. This is maintained throughout the piece.
The MainLick is played in each Verse to separate the two lines of lyrics.
[Intro]
D|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|---------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|
D|------0---------0----|---------3-------0---------------|---------3-------0---------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------------2-------|-------------------------2-------|
D|-0---------0---------|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
D|------2---2--------2----|------2---2--------2----|
A|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
F#|------------------------|------1---1--------1----|
D|------2------------2----|------2------------2----|
A|-0------------0---------|-0------------0---------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
[MainLick]
D|------0-------0---------------|------0-------0---------------|
A|-0--------2-------2-----------|(0)-------2-------2-----------|
F#|--------------------------0---|--------------------------0---| x2
D|------0---------------3-------|------0---------------3-------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-0------------0---------------|-0------------0---------------|
[Verse]
D|------4---4--------4----|------2---2--------2----|-----0-----0-------------|-----0-----0------------|
A|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|--------2------2---------|--------2------2--------|
F#|------------------------|------1---1--------1----|----------------------0--|---------------------0--|
D|------4------------4----|------2------------2----|-----0------------3------|-----0------------3-----|
A|------------------------|-0------------0---------|-------------------------|------------------------|
D|-0------------0---------|------------------------|-0---------0-------------|-0---------0------------|
If you don't want me, got to have me anyhow
It was late last night and everything was still
I tried my best to do my father's will
The sun goes down, ain't this a lonesome place?
So lonesome here, I can't see in my baby's face
D|------2---2--------2----|------2---2--------2----|
A|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
F#|------------------------|------1---1--------1----|
D|------2------------2----|------2------------2----|
A|-0------------0---------|-0------------0---------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
If you don't want me, got to have me anyhow
When me and my baby eased out on the hill
I tried my best to do my father's will
The sun goin' down, and ain't this a lonesome place?
It's so lonesome here, I can't see in my baby's face
[Interlude]
D|------4---4--------4----|------4---4--------4----|------7---7--------7----|------12--12-------12---|
A|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
F#|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
D|------4------------4----|------4------------4----|------7------------7----|------12-----------12---|
A|--------------0---------|--------------0---------|--------------0---------|--------------0---------|
D|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
D|------7---7--------7----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------4---4--------4----|
A|------0---0--------0----|------5---5--------5----|------5---5--------5----|------0---0--------0----|
F#|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
D|------7------------7----|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|------4------------4----|
A|--------------0---------|--------------5---------|--------------5---------|--------------0---------|
D|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
D|------2---2--------2----|------2---2--------2----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
A|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
F#|------1---1--------1----|------1---1--------1----|------0---0--------0----|------0---0--------0----|
D|------2------------2----|------2------------2----|------0------------0----|------0------------0----|
A|--------------0---------|--------------0---------|--------------0---------|--------------0---------|
D|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|--0---------------------|-0----------------------|
[Outro]
Downstroke
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-0---------|
F#|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---|-0---------|
D|---------3-------0---------------|---------3-------0---------------|-0---------|
A|-------------------------2-------|-------------------------2-------|-0---------|
D|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|-0---------|
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