Billy Strings – Walk On Boy (Guitar Solo)

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Song: Walk on Boy Artist: Billy Strings Original Composers: Mel Tillis & Wayne Walker Tab By: Nick Cassidy *Standard Tuning *No Capo Chords used: Dm A7 C F Bb A

E|--1-----0-----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3-----2-----1-----------------2-----------------------------------------------|
G|--2-----0-----0-----2-----3-----2-----------------------------------------------|
D|--0-----2-----2-----3-----3-----2-----------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----0-----3-----3-----1-----0-----------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------1-----------------------------------------------------------|

[Riff 1]
E|------------------------------------|
B|------1-----------------------------|
G|--1/2-----2p0---0-------------------|
D|--------------3---3-0---------------|
A|------------------------0--3--5-----|
E|------------------------------------|

[Riff 2]
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|------0-3-0------|
A|--0-3------------|
E|-----------------|

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]

 |  Dm  |                                  |  Dm   |                     | A7 |
E|-----------5--8-6-5------------------------------1--------------------------0---|
B|-------6------------8-6------------------------3---------------------------2----|
G|-----7------------------7-5------------------2----------------------------0-----|
D|---7------------------------7-6-5----------0-----------------------------2------|
A|-5--------------------------------8-7-5-3-------------------------------0-------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                        I waaaas born one morning.

   | Dm |            | A7 |
E|-------0-----------------3------------------------------------------------------|
B|------1-----------------2-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3-----------------0--------------------------------------------------------|
D|----2-----------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0-----------------0----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rain came pouring down.

         Dm     C     F        Bb            A                  Dm
Well I heard my mama say to my papa, "Let’s call him John Henry Brown"

[Chorus]

Dm
Walk on boy [Riff 1]

Dm                 A7
Walk on down the road

             Dm     C            F         Bb                A                  Dm
Well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world who's gonna help you carry your load [Riff 2]

[Verse 2]

     Dm        C        A7
Well I left my mom and papa

     Dm        C         A7
Just about the age of ten

       Dm       C      F           Bb            A             Dm
And I got me a job workin' on the levee totin' water for the hard-workin' men

[Chorus]

Dm
Walk on boy [Riff1]

Dm                 A7
Walk on down the road

             Dm     C            F         Bb                A                  Dm
Well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world who's gonna help you carry your load [Riff 2]

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Guitar 1: Solo 1 ] *Played on a mandolin in the recording

                                                 T  T   T
E|----8----10-10-8--8---------------------8----8/10-8-------13-12-10-8-10-8-------------|
B|-10---10------------10--10-10-10-10--10---10--------8/10------------------10-8-10-8---|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------10-----8-------------------8--10--10--10--|
B|--------8-8/9-8----8-8/9-8-------------8-10------8---8--8/10--10----10----------------|
G|--10-10---------10---------10-7---7-10------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-8--8------------15-16-17-16-15----20-17-16-15--------------------------------------- |
B|-------8/10---17----------------17-------------17-16-15----13-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------14----14-14-13-12-x-10-x-9 -7-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

E|-------------- |
B|---------------|
G|-1p0---0-------|
D|-----3---3-0---|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 3]

     Dm          C        A
Well one day my papa he told me

      Dm                 C        A
Some advice I'd like to give to you

       Dm         C     F         Bb               A                  Dm
Son, find you a woman, be good to her, and she's gonna be good to you

[Chorus]

Dm
Walk on boy [Riff 1]

Dm                 A
Walk on down the road

             Dm     C            F         Bb                A                  Dm
Well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world who's gonna help you carry your load [Riff 2]

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Guitar 2: Solo 1 ]

E|-------------1-----------------------------1---0---------------------------1^------|
B|---1-2-3--3-----3-1--------------------1-3---3-------------------------1-3---3-1---|
G|-2------------------2p0---0-1-2-2~---2-----------2-0----0-1- 2-2-2~--2-----------2-|
B|------------------------3----------------------------3-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------1-1-3-1-3-5^---|
B|--1---3-1--------------------------------------------------1-1-3-1-3-3-------------|
G|----2----2-0-1p0---0---1p0---0--------------------0-0-2-0-2-2----------------------|
B|-----------------3---3-----3---3-0----0---0-3-0-3--3-------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------0-3---------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|  

E|-----------8-10-8-10-8-10-10-8-8---------8--8-10-13^-10----10---10---10------------|
B|-6---6-6/10----------------------8/10--10---------------13^--13^--13^--13-10-------|
G|---7-------------------------------------------------------------------------12^---|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---12-10-----10-12---10------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------10/12-----12---11/10-8-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------10--------------------------------------------------|

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Guitar 1: Solo 2 ] *Played on a mandolin in the recording

E|--10-10-8-8-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-13\---13-13-13-15-16-17-16-15-13-15----|
B|------------10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

      T        T   T  T   T   T   T  T
E|-----------8/10--8--10--13--10--8--10--21-21-20-20-17-17-15-15-13-13-10-10-8-8----|
B|--8/10----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

                               H H
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10-10--8-8----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------10-7-9h10p9-7---7----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse 3]

     Dm          C        A7
If anyone should ever ask you

Dm           C        A7
Who is that fella 'Brown'?

             Dm                C           F              Bb             A              Dm
Well you can tell 'em I'm the fella that left my hammer smokin' where I beat that ol' steam drill down

[Chorus]

Dm
Walk on boy [Riff1]

Dm                 A
Walk on down the road

             Dm     C            F         Bb                A                  Dm
Well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world who's gonna help you carry your load [Riff 2]

[Chorus]

Dm
Walk on boy [Riff1]

Dm                 A
Walk on down the road

             Dm     C            F         Bb                A                  Dm
Well there ain't nobody in the whole wide world who's gonna help you carry your load