BABY, PLEASE DON'T GO
As recorded by Muddy Waters
(From the 1960 Album THE BEST OF MUDDY WATERS)
Words and Music by Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield)
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Jimmy Rogers - Electric Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Muddy Waters - Electric Guitar w/ capo 3rd fret'
Intro & Interlude
Q=123(8=s8)
$$
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret)
~~~~~~~~
E E E E E +E E E +Q Q H E Q E E E E E +H H
|---3-3-0-3b4-(3)-0---|--------------|---3--0-/5s3-0---|-------------|
|-------------------5-|-(5)----------|---------------3-|-(3)---------|
|---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|
E Q E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|---3--0-/5s3-0---|--------------------|
|---------------5-|-(5)--/5--5s3-0-----|
|-----------------|----------------2b4r|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
+E E E E E +E E E +Q. Q. E E
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-(2)-0-2-0-2b4r(2)-0---|------------------|
|---------------------2-|-(2)--------------|
|-----------------------|-------0tr2---0---|
|-----------------------|----------------3-|
1st - 7th Verses
$
B7 N.C.
Q E E +H H Q E E E +E E E +H H Q E E
|----2-2-(2)----||----------3-0-|-3b5r(3)-0-0-(0)----|---------3-0-|
|----0-0-(0)----||o-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|----2-2-(2)----||--------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------||o-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-0-------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret)
| W H Q E E Q E E +H H Q E E
|---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------||o-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------||--------------|--------------------|-------------|
|---------------||o---------0-0-|--------------------|---------0-0-|
|---------------||--------------|-3-------0-0-(0)----|-------------|
E +E E E +H Q E E Q E E
|-3b5r(3)-0----------|-3b4--0--------------|
|-----------3-(3)----|--------3b3.5----3-0-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q E E +H W
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-3-------0-0-(0)----|---------------------|
To Dbl. Coda To Coda
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +Q. E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-3--0----------------|------------------------|
|------2b4r(2)-0-2-0--|-2b4--0-----------------|
|---------------------|--------2-(2)-----------|
|---------------------|----------------0tr2----|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| H Q Q Q E E +H
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|----------------3----|-3----0-0-(0)-----------|
Harmonica Solo
E5
6/4 4/4
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
+Q E E Q E Q E Q 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------2-2--2-----||-/12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-|
|----------------0-0--0----o||-/12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-12-12---12-|
|---------------------2-----||----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|-(0tr2)--0----------------o||----------------------------------------------|
|-----------3-0-------------||----------------------------------------------|
|
| W 3x E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------o||----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------o||---2----2----------------2----2-----4----4----|
|---------------------------||---0----0-----3----4-----0----0-----0----0----|
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12--|
|-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---2----2------------------2----2------4----4-----|
|---0----0------3----4------0----0------0----0-----|
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-|
|-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-/12-12---12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---2----2------------------2----2------4----4----|
|---0----0------3----4------0----0------0----0----|
A5
|---3---|
E E E E E H Q Q E Q. Q Q H
|-/12-12---12-12-----------|---------7-0------|-3---3-------------|
|-/12-12---12--------------|-----8------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-2-2-----2-2--4-4-|-2-2-----2-2-4-4---|
|---2----2---------2-2-4-4-|-0-0-3-4-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-0---|
|---0----0-----3-4-0-0-0-0-|------------------|-------------------|
E5
E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3b3.5-----0-------|-------------------|
|---------------3-0---|-------------3-2-2-|
|-------------------3-|-2-0-2-(0)---------|
|---------------------|-----------2-------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-2-2---------2-2-4-4-|-2-2-------2-2-4-4-|
|-0-0-----3-4-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-3--4--0-0-0-0-|
N.C.
E E E E +E Q. E E E E Q E E
|---0----------------|---0-----------------|
|-3---3-4-(4)-4------|-3---(2)-0---------0-|
|--------------------|-----------2b4---2---|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-4--------4--6--4---|-----------2---2-0-2-|
|-----5-6----------6-|-0----3--4-----------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
B7 N.C. B7 N.C.
6/4
+E Q. E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E E S S E E Q Q
|---------------------|----2-2-(2)-2------||------------2---2-2-2b3--0--|
|-(0)-3------0--------|----0-0-(0)-0------||--------------0-0-0---------|
|--------------3-2--0-|----2-2-(2)-2------||----------------2-2---------|
|---------------------|-2-----------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------||-(2)--0---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------||--------3-0-----------------|
|
| +Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E W
|---------------------|-------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------||----------------------------|
|-(2)-----------------|-------------------||----------------------------|
|------------0-1-2----|------------2------||----------------------------|
|--------3-4-------/3-|-0------------2--2-||----------------------------|
Outro
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
N.C. E7
4/4 6/4
E +E E E +H Q E E +E E Q Q E E Q E E +W
|-3b4-(3)-0-----------||--------------0-----------|-0--/4-------------------*|
|-----------/5-(5)----||----------------0--1--2---|-3--/5-------------------*|
|---------------------||-2b3--0---------1--2--3-0-|-4-----------------------*|
|---------------------||--------2-(2)-------------|-------2-(2)-------------*|
|---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|
| W Q Q H H H Q E E +H
|---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------*|
|---------------------||-0------------------------|--------------0-0-(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
