The Doobie Brothers – Snake Man (Guitar Tab)

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This is a short acoustic fingerstyle blues ditty written by Tom Johnston It can be found on the Doobie Brothers' 1972 recording Toulouse Street. From what I could gather, the tuning for the song is: EADGAD (I could be wrong, but it sounds right). The guitar is also capoed on the first fret. All finger positions are relative to the capo. Snake Man by Tom Johnston, copyright 1972; Warner Bros. Records (bpm=108) 1:35 Acoustic guitar, tuned EADGAD, capo 1 (Rhythm figure 1) [Intro]

               G7
|D---------||-----------3-----------3-----------3------2p0---|
|A---------||------------------------------------------------|
|G---------||-----0-----------0-----------0-----------------*| 4x
|D---------||--------0-----------0-----------0--------------*|
|A---------||------------------------------------------------|
|E---1--2--||--3-----------3-----------3---------------------|

[Verse] "Well I'm worried

             G7
|D--------|----------3-----------3-----------3------2p0--|------------|
|A--------|----------------------------------------------|------------|
|G--------|----0-----------0-----------0-----------------|------------|
|D--------|-------0-----------0-----------0--------------|---/5---3---|
|A--------|----------------------------------------------|------------|
|E---1--2-|--3-----------3-----------3-------------------|------------|

    on    my  trail
                       G7
|D------------------|-----------3-----------3-----------3------2p0---|
|A------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|G------------------|-----0-----------0-----------0------------------|
|D------------------|--------0-----------0-----------0---------------|
|A---3-----1--------|------------------------------------------------|
|E-------------3----|--------------3-----------3---------------------|

                                           I'm worried
    G7                                       C9
|D-----------3-----------3----------------|--------0-------------------|
|A----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|G-----0-----------0-----------0----------|-----------3----------0h2p0-|
|D--------0-----------0-----------0-------|-----2---------0h2----------|
|A-----------------------------------1--2-|--3----------------3--------|
|E--3-----------3-----------3-------------|----------------------------|

          C9                              G7
|D-----|--------0----------------------|----------3-----------3---------|
|A-----|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|G-----|-----------3-------------------|----0-----------0---------------|
|D---0-|-----2---------0h2-------------|-------0-----------0------------|
|A-----|--3---------------------1p3--1-|--------------------------------|
|E-----|-------------------------------|--3-----------3-----------3-----|

                                                         and I   only
                        G7                                        D9
|D---------3------2p0-|----------3-----------3-----------------|------|
|A--------------------|----------------------------------------|------|
|G---0----------------|----0-----------0-----------0-----------|------|
|D------0-------------|-------0-----------0-----------0--------|------|
|A--------------------|----------------------------------------|------|
|E--------------------|-3-----------3-----------3---------0--1-|--2---|

                                                            G7
|D--2------2-------2-------|------------------------------|----------3-|
|A----3------3-------3-----|------------------------------|------------|
|G-------------------------|------------------------------|----0-------|
|D-------0-------0------0--|--/5-------3------------------|-------0----|
|A-------------------------|------------------3---1-------|------------|
|E-------------------------|---------------------------3--|------------|

                                       G7
|D-----------3-----------3------2p0-|-----------3-----------3----------|
|A----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|G-----0-----------0----------------|-----0-----------0-----------0----|
|D--------0-----------0-------------|--------0-----------0-----------0-|
|A----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|E--3-----------3-------------------|--3-----------3-----------3-------|

|D---------|
|A---------|
|G---------|
|D---------|    continue rhythm figure 1 thoughout second verse
|A---------|
|E--1--2---|

[Verse] G7 Black eagle C7 Black eagle D7 G7 Perches ... [Outro] (pretty tricky, but it sounds cool)

          Em11                 D/F#                G
|D--------------0-------------------0------------|------0-------------|
|A-----------0-----0-----0-----------------------|--------------------|
|G-------------------------------2-----2-----2---|---4-----4-----4----|
|D--------------------2-----2/4-----------4-----4/5-----------5-------|
|A-----------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|E---3/---0--------------------------------------|--------------------|

       D/F#                Em7                D/F#                G
|D-----------0------------|------0-------------------0-----------|----|
|A------------------------|--------------------------------------|----|
|G--------2-----2-----2---|---0-----0-----0-------2-----2-----2--|----|
|D---5\4-----------4-----4\2-----------2-----2/4-----------4----4/5---|
|A------------------------|--------------------------------------|----|
|E------------------------|--------------------------------------|----|

                      D/F#                 Em7                 D
|D------0-------------------0-------------|------0--------------------|
|A----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|G---4-----4-----4-------2-----2-----2----|---0-----0-----0-------2---|
|D------------5-----5\4-----------4------4\2-----------2-----2p0------|
|A----------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|E----------------------------------------|---------------------------|

                 C6/9
|D---0-------|---0---------------------|
|A-----------|---0---------------------|
|G------2----|---0---------------------|
|D---------0-|---2---------------------|
|A-----------|---3---------------------|
|E-----------|-------------------1--2--|

* Go back to rhythm figure 1 and play to fadeout Note: I don't know how it was done, but it almost sounds like there is a second guitar playing a percussive part under the main guitar part. I tried to emulate it the best I could with the picking pattern. ******************************************************* h hammer on p pull off (n) ghost note (sometimes barely audible notes, optional) b bend r bend release / slide up to note \ slide down to note ~ vibrato t tap note with picking hand <> harmonics * *= repeat from beginning ******************************************************