32-20 BLUES
As recorded by Robert Johnson
(From the 1936 Album THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS)
Words and Music by Robert Johnson
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Robert Johnson - Acoustic Guitar w/ Capo 2nd fret'
Intro
Q=142(8=s8)
A7 Ab7 G7 A7
4/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr. w/ Capo 2nd fret)
W H H E Q E E E Q E E Q Q Q
|-------------|-9-----------|-8-8-----7-7-------|---5-5--5--5---|
|-------------|-8-----------|-7-7---6---6---1h2-|-----5---------|
|-------------|-9-----------|-8-----------------|---------------|
|---------7/--|-------------|-------------------|-----5--4--3---|
|-------------|----0--0--0--|-0-----------0-----|-0-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E a E Q Q Q Q
1st - 7th Verses
E7 A7 A°7 A7
Q E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H
|-5--0-0-(0)-----||--0--0--0-----|-5-------------|-0------------|
|----------------||o-5--5--5-----|---------------|-5------------|
|----------------||--------------|---------------|--------------|
|----------------||-----5-----5--|-4--4-------5--|----5--5--5---|
|-0-------2---2--||o----0-----0--|-0--0--(0)--0--|----0--0--0---|
|----0----0---0--||--------------|---------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
D7 A7
6/4 4/4
E E Q Q Q Q Q W H E Q. H E Q E
|-0-0----5--4--3-----|-------------|---------------|-------3-2---0--|
|-5-5----------------|-------------|-------1-------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|---------2-----|----------------|
|-----4--2--2--2--2--|----0--0--0--|---------------|-2--2--2---2----|
|-----0--0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0----0--|-0--0--0---0----|
|-5------------------|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2----2--|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.
E7 D7 A
E E E E +Q Q W H Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-5-3-2-----------|-------------|--------------|---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------5-(5)-----|-------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|------------2-|-2----------------|
|-2---2----2---2--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0---|-----5---4---3----|
|-0---0----0---4--|-2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0--0---|-0----------------|
|-----------------|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--2--2---|------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
7.
E7 A E A7
E E E E +Q Q Q E E +E Q E +E S S +E E H +W
|-5-0-0-0-(0)------||----5-5-(5)-5--0-|-(0)-0-----------3----|-(3)----*|
|-----------------o||-----------------|-------0---(0)---2----|-(2)----*|
|------------------||-2---------------|---------0h=1----2----|-(2)----*|
|----------0---0---||-2--5-4-(4)-3----|------------0----2----|-(2)----*|
|-0---2----2---2--o||-0---------------|-----------------0----|-(0)----*|
|-----0----0---0---||---------------0-|-(0)------------------|--------*|
Q Q Q Q Q E E +E Q E +Q a E E H +W
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
I sent for my baby, and she don't come
I sent for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
And if she gets unruly, thinks she don't want do
If she gets unruly, and thinks she don't want do
Take my 32-20, and cut her half in two
She got a thirty-eight special, but I believe it's most too light
She got a thirty-eight special, but I believe it's most too light
I got a 32-20, got to make the camps alright
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my Gatlin' gun
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my Gatlin' gun
You made me love you, now your man have come
Aw baby, where you stay last night?
Ah baby, where you stay last night?
You got your hair all tangled, and you ain't talkin' right
Got a thirty-eight special, boys, it do very well
Got a thirty-eight special, boys, it do very well
I Got a 32-20 now, and it's a burnin --
If I send for my baby, man and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man and she don't come
All the doctors in West Memphis sure can't help her none
Hey hey baby, where you stay last night
Hey hey baby, where you stayed last night
You didn't come home until the sun was shinin bright
Ah boys, I just can't take my rest
Ah boys, I just can't take my rest
With this 32-20 layin up and down my breast
