Rev. Gary Davis - Cocaine blues

Title: Cocaine Blues Artist: Rev. Gary Davis Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: quarter = 120 4/4 time, except one measure 2/4 as marked. Capo: 2 Original verison by Reverend Gary Davis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPsOpJGBRNc Taught by Stefan Grossmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHR1xk8Rp5k Changed first measures of the verse using the high g to better fit to the melody, similarly to the cover version by Keith Richards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SutO9tW9k9g Keep a steady bass line alternating your thumb with the quarters and fill with melody eighths. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Play the E-string (6th) bass 1st fret with your left-hand thumb wrap around. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Repeat Verse+Chorus and add every 2nd time Interlude+Chorus. Eighths are marked '+'. [Intro/Bridge] G6 + + + + + + + + E|-------------3---------------3---|-------------3---------------3---| B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| G|-----0---------------0-----------|-----0---------------0-----------| D|---------2---------------2-------|---------2---------------2-------| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-3---------------3---------------|-3---------------3---------------| + + + + F + + + + + + + E|-------------0-------------------|---------------------------------|-----0------------------------| B|-----1-h-3-------------------1---|-------------1---------------1-h-|-3-----------3---p---1--------| G|---------------------0-h-2-------|-----2---------------0-h-2-------|-------------------------2----| D|---------2---------------0-------|---------3---------------3-------|---------3---------------3----| A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------| E|-3---------------3---------------|-1---------------1---------------|-1---------------1------------| 2/4-time G + + + + + + C + + E|-----------|-----------3-----------|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------| B|-----------|-----------------------|-------------0-----------1--|-------------------1---|-----------------| G|-----------|-----0-----------------|-----0-h-2----------0-------|-----------0-----------|-----------------| D|-----------|---------0--------0----|---------0-------------0----|----2----------0-h-2---|-----2-------2---| A|-----------|-----------------------|----------------------------|-3------3--------------|-3-------3-------| E|-0----1----|-3-----------3---------|-3--------------3-----------|-----------------------|-----------------| [Verse] C + + + + + + + + F + + + + + + + E|-3--------3--------------|-3--------0--------------|-------------------------|----0-----------------| B|-------------------------|----------------3--------|----------1-----------1--|h3--------3----p1-----| G|----0-----------0-----0--|----0-----------------0--|----2-----------0-h2-----|-------------------2--| D|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------3--| A|-3-----------3-----------|-3-----------3-----------|-------------------------|----------------------| E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1--------| Yonder comes my baby all dressed in white, hey baby won't you stay all night [Chorus] 2/4-time G + + + + + + C + + E|-----------|-----------3-----------|----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------| B|-----------|-----------------------|-------------0-----------1--|-------------------1---|-----------------| G|-----------|-----0-----------------|-----0-h-2----------0-------|-----------0-----------|-----------------| D|-----------|---------0--------0----|---------0-------------0----|----2----------0-h-2---|-----2-------2---| A|-----------|-----------------------|----------------------------|-3------3--------------|-3-------3-------| E|-0----1----|-3-----------3---------|-3--------------3-----------|-----------------------|-----------------| Cocaine, all a- round my brain. [Interlude] E + + + + + + F + + + + + + + E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|----0------------------| B|--------------------0--|----------2-p0---------|----------1-----------1--|h3--------3-----1------| G|--------------0-h1-----|----1-----------1------|----2-----------0-h2-----|-------------------2---| D|-----0-h1-h2-----2-----|-------2-----------2---|-------3-----------3-----|-------3-----------3---| A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| E|-0---------0-----------|-0-----------0---------|-1-----------1-----------|-1-----------1---------| Hey, Baby Come here quick this old coke is gonna make me sick. [Lyrics] Yonder comes my baby all dressed in white hey baby gonna won't you stay all night. Cocaine all around my brain Yonder comes my baby all dressed in blue hey baby what you gonna do Cocaine all around my brain Yonder comes my baby all dressed in red hey baby, cocaine's gonna kill your dad Cocaine all around my brain Yonder comes my baby all dressed in black hey baby, don't you want me back? Cocaine all around your brain Hey baby come here quick this old cocaine is making me sick Cocaine all around my brain Cocaine's for horses, its not for men they say it'll kill you but they don't say when Cocaine all around my brain *********************************** | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off ***********************************