Sweet Home Chicago Lyrics

Writer - Robert Johnson
Band/Artist - Eric Clapton
Album - Sessions For Robert Johnson
Song - Sweet Home Chicago
Guitar 1 - Eric Clapton
Guitar 2 - Doyle Bramhall II
ok, well i got this new dvd/cd thing and this is my favorite song off of it. I was
messing around and figured it out. I plan to figure out solo 1 by Doyle Bramhall,
and figure out some of the intro and solo by eric clapton.. enjoy!
Notation Guide
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato
UPDATE 5/3/05
I have added a few little extra notes at the end of the verse, later i will tab out the
bramhall solo.
Intro Riff Guitar 1
g--7/9~--7/9-7---------------9~---9--9-7------------|
a------------------7~------------------------7------|
For the verse, just listen to the song and follow this pattern
Come on, baby dont you want to go (Riff A5)
d-22-44--22-44--22-44-keep this same rhythm until after "go"-----|
Riff ) [Verse
(after the word go)
Come on, baby dont you want to go (Riff A5)
d-22-44--22-44--22-44-keep this same rhythm until after "go"-----|
Riff ) [Verse
(after the word go)
Back from the land of california, to my sweet home chicago
^ ^ ^ upstroke these 3 notes
Verse again
Piano Break
until i get more, you should get the idea of how the song is, after it says "Back from
the land of california to my sweet home chicago" ther is a little change of pace and
then it goes back to a verse thing,then a piano break, and then the solo by Doyle, but
they layout goes like this
Intro Riff
Riff A5 \
Riff E5 \
Riff A5 verse
Riff E5 /
Riff D5 /
Piano Break
Solo by bramhall
Solo By Clapton
Intro Riff
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