Robert Johnson – When You Got A Good Friend (Guitar Tab)

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[Intro]
                                                                      B7
e||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------2-------||
D||-12-12-12-11-11-11-10-10-10--9--9--9-|-12-12-12-11-11-11-10--------1-------||
A||-------------------------------------|-----------------------0--1--2-------||
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
    1  +  a  2  +  a  3  +  a  4  +  a    1  +  a  2  +  a  3  +  a  4
                                                                       When you

[Verse 1]
    E    E6   E    E6     A    A6   A7   A6     E    E6   E    E6     E    E6   E    E6  
e||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G||*--------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D||*--------------------|-2--2-4--4-5--5-4--4-|---------------------|---------------------|
A||-2--2-4--4-2--2-4--4-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-2--2-4--4-2--2-4--4-|-2--2-4--4-2--2-4--4-|
E||-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|---------------------|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|
   1  a 2  a 3  a 4  a
   got a good friend, that will stay right by your side,                          When you

    A    A6   A7   A6     A    A6   A7   A6     E    E6   E    E6     E    E6   E    E6  
e|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|--2--2-4--4-5--5-4--4-|-2--2-4--4-5--5-4--4-|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-2--2-4--4-2--2-4--4-|-2--2-4--4-2--2-4--4-|
E|----------------------|---------------------|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|

got a good friend, that will stay right by your side

   B7                    Bend both up          E                       E          B7
e|---------------------|-7--7-7--7-7--0-0--0-|----------0-0--------0-|----------------------||
B|---------------------|-8--8-8--8-8--0-2--0-|--------3---2------1---|-0--------------------||
G|-2----2----2----2----|---------------------|------4-----3----2-----|-1----------2--------*||
D|-1----1----1----1----|---------------------|-----------------------|-2----------1--------*||
A|-2----2----2----2----|---------------------|-----------------------|------0h1h2-2---------||
E|---------------------|---------------------|-0---------------------|----------------------||
  1    2    3    4      1  a 2  a 3  a 4  a   1    2 + a 3    4 + a   1    2 + a 3    4
  Give her all of your spare time,
                        love and treat her right.

[Verse 2] I mistreated my baby, and I can't see no reason why I mistreated my baby, but I can't see no reason why Everytime I think about it, I just wring my hands and cry [Verse 3] Wonder could I bear apologize, or would she sympathize with me Mmmmmm mmmm mmmm, would she sympathize with me She's a brown skin woman, just as sweet as a girl friend can be [Verse 4] Mmmm mmmm, babe, I may be right ay wrong Baby it's yo'y opinion, oh, I may be right ay wrong Watch your close friend, baby, then your ene'ies can't do no harm [Verse 5] When you got a good friend, that will stay right by your side When you got a good friend, that will stay right by your side Give her all of your spare time, love and treat her right  ************************************ | * Natural harmonic | h Hammer-on ************************************