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Goin' Down To the River
Mississippi Fred McDowell
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Tabbed by: Connor O.
Tuning: Open D
Capo: 3rd (F C F A C F)
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TyzAAwJnIw
The Verse 3 lyrics make zero *$&!(&$ sense but I remember finding them like
2 years ago on some random website I found while google searching and they
had explanations that made sense but unfortunately I couldn't rediscover my source
or tell you what they mean now.
I was going to put the lyrics in line with the beat but stopped after 0:09.
I didn't include anything to indicate which notes are played on slide and which aren't
because it's pretty easy to tell which ones are played with a slide and which aren't.
Comment or message any ideas or corrections. Please rate my tab. If you've got
problems with the tab, I'd encourage you to contact me with those problems so I
can fix the tab or provide advice for playing. Don't just give me a poor rating
and not give me any feedback. The idea is for us all to work together to create
a perfect finished product. This tab just represents the best I can do. It's
definitely up for peer review.
Key:
where # represents a fret number
#h# - hammer
#p# - pull
/ \ - slides, up and down respectively.
x - mute
* - time keeper. if you played a steady
baseline, you'd see the notes are
displayed in the tab in the correct
chronological order.
Intro:
0:00
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Verse 1:
0:03
Lord I'm gon a way dar'
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lin
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0:09
Ho ney don't you wan na go
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0:19
Oh I'm goin' somewhere
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U aint ne ver been be fore
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0:27
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0:34
Oh you know I'm goin' down to the river baby
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0:38
river baby
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0:40
I'm 'on' sit down on the ground
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0:43
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0:50
Oh you know I'm going down to the river
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I'm 'on' sit down on the ground
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0:57
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1:01
I'm let the waves of water
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1:04
Let the waves of water, honey
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1:06
baby wash
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1:09
my troubles down
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1:10
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Solo:
1:15
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1:20
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1:25
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Verse 2:
1:27
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1:31
Oh I'm getting slow, baby
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1:35
I can hard ly rest at night
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1:37
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1:44
Oh you know I'm gettin' slow darlin' You know
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1:47
I can har dly Rest at night
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1:52
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1:59
I know my baby
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2:00
She ain't
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2:03
treat me right
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2:04
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Solo 2:
2:07
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2:11
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Verse 3:
2:17
Lord I'm goin' down in Louisiana babe
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2:21
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2:23
I believe I'll unchain my hoof
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2:25
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2:32
You know I'm goin down in Louisiana
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2:36
I believe Ill unchain my hoof
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2:38
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2:40
Lord them teasin browns, I declare theyre out the book
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2:42
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2:45
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