Eric Clapton – Sweet Home Chicago (Guitar Tab)

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Writer - Robert Johnson Band/Artist - Eric Clapton Album - Sessions For Robert Johnson Song - Sweet Home Chicago Guitar 1 - Eric Clapton Guitar 2 - Doyle Bramhall II ok, well i got this new dvd/cd thing and this is my favorite song off of it. I was messing around and figured it out. I plan to figure out solo 1 by Doyle Bramhall, and figure out some of the intro and solo by eric clapton.. enjoy! UPDATE 5/3/05 I have added a few little extra notes at the end of the verse, later i will tab out the bramhall solo. [Intro]

 Riff Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------8----8--8----------------|
G|--7/9~--7/9-7---------------9~---9--9-7------------|
D|--------------7\5-----------------------7\5--------|
A|------------------7~------------------------7------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

For the verse, just listen to the song and follow this pattern Come on, baby dont you want to go (Riff A5) [Verse]

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-keep this same rhythm until after "go"-----|
A|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(after the word go)[Riff E5)

e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-----|
E|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|

 Come on, baby don't you want to go (Riff A5)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-keep this same rhythm until after "go"-----|
A|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]

 (after the word go)[Riff E5) 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-----|
E|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-----|

Back from the land of california, to my sweet home chicago [verse]

    ^  ^     ^ upstroke these 3 notes
e|---------------------------------------------------0-0-x-0--|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-----------------------------------------|
D|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0----2-2--4-4--2-2--4-4-------------------|
A|-----------------------0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--5-4-3-2----------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse again] Piano Break until i get more, you should get the idea of how the song is, after it says "Back from the land of california to my sweet home chicago" ther is a little change of pace and then it goes back to a verse thing,then a piano break, and then the solo by Doyle, but they layout goes like this. Intro Riff Riff A5 \ Riff E5 \ Riff A5 verse Riff E5 / Riff D5 / Piano Break Solo by bramhall [Verse] [Solo] By Clapton [Intro Riff] ************************************ | x Dead note | / Slide up | \ Slide down | ~ Vibrato ************************************