BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
As recorded by Eric Clapton
(From the 1994 Album FROM THE CRADLE)
Words and Music by Leroy Carr
Arranged by Eric Clapton
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E B E G# B E) - 'Eric Clapton - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E B E G# B E) - 'Andy Fairweather-Low - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Moderate shuffle Q=100(8=s8)
E
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ slide / Open E - E B E G# B E)
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
a E E E E E E Q Q a E E E E E E Q Q
|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-----|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-----|
|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-----|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-----|
|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-----|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-----|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
a E E E E E E a E E E E E E
|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10s12-12-12-12-12-12-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
a E E E E E E a E E E E E E
|-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-11s12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
A
~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
Q E E Q. E a Q E E E E E E E E
|-/15--12s10s12----0-|-12s15--12S10-12s10-------------|
|-/15--12------------|--------12S10-------12-12s10----|
|--------------------|-----------------------------12-|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-| |--3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------12s10------------|
|-------------------12s10------|
|-------------------------12---|
|-12\--------------------------|
|-----0-2-0-0----------------0-|
|-----0-0-0-0----------------0-|
B7
~~~
|--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E a E E E H.
|-------------12----12-12-|-11s12s10-------------|
|-------10s12----12-------|----------12-12-------|
|-------10s12-------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-2-0-0-------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-------------------|----------------------|
A
|---3----| |--3--| |3-|
a Q Q a Q a E E E E Q
|-------12-10s12-11s12s10----------|
|-11s12-------------------12-10----|
|-------------------------------12-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
1st - 4th Verses
$
E (B7) E
Gtrs I, II (El. Gtrs. / Open E - E B E G# B E)
~~~~ PM-----------|
E E E E Q Q E a E E E +E Q E E E E E Q E E
|------------------|--------------------||-----------------|
|------------------|--------------------||o----------------|
|-(12)-0-----------|---------------0--0-||-----------------|
|--10--0-----------|---------------0--0-||-----------------|
|------0-3-3-2--1--|-0-----0-0-(0)-0--0-||o-0-0-2-2-0--2-2-|
|------------------|---5s7--------------||--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-2-2-0-0-2-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A
G
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7-0-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
|
| G
| W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E
tr I
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
a E E E E E E a E E E E E E
|-11s12-12---12-12-12---12-11s12-12---12-12-12---12-|
|-11s12-12---12-12-12---12-11s12-12---12-12-12---12-|
|-11s12-12---12-12-12---12-11s12-12---12-12-12---12-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|
|tr II
| PM---------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----0----0-----2----2--------0----0-----2----2----|
|-----0----0-----0----0--------0----0-----0----0----|
To Coda
B7 A
Gtrs I, II
PM----------| PM------------|
|-3-|
a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-11s12---------------|--------------------|---------------0-|
|-11s12---------------|--------------------|---------------0-|
|-11s12---------------|--------------------|---------------0-|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------0-2-2-0-0-2-0-|-7-7-9-9-7-7-9-0-7--|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7---|
|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|
| PM------------|
| E E E E E E E E W W
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-2-2-0-0-2-0-|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------|-----------------|
1.,2. 3.
E (B7) B7
|-3--|
E E E E E E E E E a E E E +E Q E 3x E a E E E +E E E E E
|---0---0---0---0-|---------------------||------------------------||
|---0---0---0---0-|--------------------o||---------------0-0-5S12-||
|-----------------|---------------0--0--||---------------0-0-5S12-||
|-----------------|---------------0--0--||------------------------||
|-----3---2---1---|-0-----0-0-(0)-0--0-o||-0-----0-0-(0)----------||
|-0---------------|---5s7---------------||---5s7------------------||
Guitar Solo
E
Gtr I
~~~~
|---3---| |---3----| |---3---|
H +E E E E E E E E +H E E E
|-12-------(12)-12s10---------|-----------------------------------|
|-12-------(12)-------12s==10-|---------------------------10s==12-|
|-----------------------------|-11-12---(12)-(12)---------10s==12-|
|-----------------------------|----------12--(12)-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------
| E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--0-0-2-2---0------2----2----|--0----0--------2--2-0-0-2----2----|
|--0-0-0-0---0------0----0----|--0----0--------0--0-0-0-0----0----|
|---3---| |---3---|
H E E E E E E
|-12-------12s10-----------------|
|-12---------------12s10---------|
|------------------------11s==12-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--0-0-2-2--0----0-----2----2----|
|--0-0-0-0--0----0-----0----0----|
A
~~~
+Q Q E E E E a Q E E Q. E
|-------------------12----|-14s15---12s10s12------0-|
|----------------12----12-|-------------------------|
|-(12)---11---10----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---0--0--2-2--0--0--2--0-|-----5-5--7--7--5--5-7-7-|
|---0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-|-----5-5--5--5--5--5-5-5-|
|---3---| |---3---|
a Q E E E E E E E E
|-14s15---12s10s12-11-----------------|
|-----------------------12-12s10------|
|----------------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----5-5--7--7--5----5-----7----0----|
|-----5-5--5--5--5----5-----5----0----|
E
~~
|---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------12s10---------|-----------------12------|
|-----0-------------12s==10-|------------3s12------12-|
|-----0---------------------|-12---------3s12------12-|
|-12\-0---------------------|-------------------------|
|-------2-2-0---------------|----0-2-2-0--------------|
|-------0-0-0---------------|----0-0-0-0--------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--0--0-2-2-0--0--2----2----|--0-0-2-2-0-0--2----2----|
|--0--0-0-0-0--0--0----0----|--0-0-0-0-0-0--0----0----|
B7
~~
|---3---|
E E E E E H
|-12-12-12s10------------------|
|---------------12-12----------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|
| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|--7--7--9----9-----7-7-9-0-7--|
|--7--7--7----7-----7-7-7-0-7--|
A
G
|---3---| |-3-| |---3---| |3-|
E E E +E Q E E E E Q
|---------12-(12)-12---12s10-------------------|
|-10s12------------------------12s10-----------|
|------------------------------------11b11.5---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|--------------------------------------------0-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--5----5------7-----7--5----5-----7-----------|
|--5----5------5-----5--5----5-----5-----------|
D.S. al Coda
E (B7)
trs I, II
~~
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E a E E E +E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------------||
|----0---0---0---0-|---------------0-0-0-0---||
|----0---0---0---0-|---------------0-0-0-0---||
|-12---------------|-------------------------||
|------3---2---1---|-0-----0-0-(0)-----------||
|------------------|---5s7-------------------||
|
| W W
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
Outro
&
A E
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q. E E E E E +H +Q Q H
|---------------0-||---0-----------|-------------------|----------------*|
|---------------0-||---0-----------|-----11s12-(12)----|-(12)\----------*|
|---------------0-||---0-----------|-----11s12-(12)----|-(12)\----------*|
|-----------------||---------------|-----11s12-(12)----|-(12)\----------*|
|-5-5-7-7-5-5-7---||-0---3--2----1-|-0-----------------|----------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||-0-------------|---0---------------|----------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
