Tuning: E A D G B E

There are slight variations on the live versions of this song by The Doors, **some contain explicit lyrics** This is a version for novice guitar players using a simple blues chord structure in standard tuning. Lead guitar players will find other tabs on UG. There are 20 bars in Verse 1, but regular 12 bars in verse 2 and in the instrumental and verse 3 is 16 bars. This version is tabbed from The Doors Absolutely Live 1970 Blues in E, 4/4 time [Intro] (guitar)

^E(k^Eey^Ebo^Eards and guitar) E E E E

[Verse 1]

^EGive me a witness, darling, I need a witness, babe ^EI got the poontang blues, yeah ^AI got the poontang blues, yeah^E Top of my ^Bhead down to ^Athe bottom of my cowboy shoe^Es, alr^Bight

[Verse 2]

^EBuild me a woman, make her ten feet tall ^AYou got to build me a woman, make her ten feet tall ^E ^BDon't make her worthless, ^Adon't make her^E....^Bsmall, right, oh, come on

[Instrumental] (keyboards) E x4 A x2 E x2 B A E B (guitar) E x4 A x2 E x2 B A E B [Verse 3]

^EYou got to build me a woman, make her ten feet tall ^ABuild me a woman, make her ten feet tall^E ^BDon't make her worthless, d^Aon't make her small ^BBuild me someone I can ^Aball all night long^D ^D# ^E

The Doors - Build me a woman