Mississippi John Hurt – Salty Dog Blues (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Salty Dog Blues
Artist: Mississippi John Hurt
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=150, Capo: 2, optionally
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert eighths. Eighths are marked "+".
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Play the A-long chord with half bar over strings 1-4.
For all other chords you don't need a bar, when you play the 6th string with your thumb wrap around.
Below the 6 guitar tab-lines (with standard tuning) is one additional vocal tab line for the melody.
[Verse] E7 + + + + A + + + + E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B|----5------------5---|-5------------5------|----5------------5---|-5------------5------| G|----------7----------|--------7------------|----------6----------|--------6------------| D|-------6---------6---|-----6-----------6---|-------7---------7---|-----7-----------7---| A|-7-------------------|-7-------------------|-------------7-------|-----------7---------| E|-------------7-------|-----------7---------|-5-------------------|-5-------------------|
G|-7-----7-----6---4---|-6---7--4------------|-6-----6-----4---2---|-4---6--2------------|
Let me be your salty dog, or I don't wanna be your man at all.
Little fish, big fish swimmin' in the water, Come back man, gimme a quarter,
One two three, four five six, Please don't leave me in this fix,
[Chorus] D7 + + + + G + + + + E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| B|----3------------3---|-3------------3------|----3------------3---|-3------------3------| G|----------5----------|--------5------------|----------4----------|--------4------------| D|-------4---------4---|-----4-----------4---|-------5---------5---|-----5-----------5---| A|-5-------------------|-5---------5---------|-------------5-------|-----------5---------| E|-------------5-------|---------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|
G|-5-----5-----5---7---|-4---4-----4-----2---|-0-------------------|---------------------|
Honey let me be your salty dog!
[Instrumental] E7 + + A-long + D E|-----7------7------|-8------7------7---|-5-----------------|-5-------3-------|-----2---2-------| B|-------------------|-------------------|-2------5------5---|-2-------2-------|-----3---3-------| G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----6---------6---|-----6---------6---|-----2---------2---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---| A|-------------------|-------------------|-0---------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| E|-7-------7---------|-8---------7-------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| G + + + E|---------0---2---|-3-------------0---|-3-------------0---|-3-------------0---|-3---3---2---1---| B|-3---3-----------|--------3----------|--------3----------|--------3----------|-----------------| G|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------| D|-----0-------0---|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|-----0-----------| A|---------0-------|-----------2-------|-----------2-------|-----------2-------|-----------------| E|-2---------------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-------2---1---| [Reprise] E7 + + A7 + + D7 + E|-----7------7------|-7------7------7---|-----5------5------|-5------5------5---|-------------------| B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----5------3------| G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| D|-----6---------6---|-----6---------6---|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|-----4---------4---| A|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-5-----------------| E|-7-------7---------|-7---------7-------|-5-------5---------|-5---------5-------|---------5---------| Salty Dog, Salty Dog, Salty Dog, + G + + + E|-------------------|-3-------------0---|-3-------------0---|-3--------------0---|-3---3---2---1---| B|-5------3------5---|--------3----------|--------3----------|--------3-----------|-----------------| G|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------| D|-----4---------4---|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|-----0----------0---|-----0-----------| A|-5-----------------|-----------2-------|-----------2-------|------------2-------|-----------------| E|-----------5-------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-3------------------|-3-------2---1---| Salty Dog!