written by Bobby Womack

from an early ROLLING STONES  ' album :  12 x 5


written

 
version française

Sounds peculiar to play because so old : it's rather a combination of country rock and the Jagger/Richards' own inventiveness ( and probably Brian Jones' too).  It sounds as if it were played with two standard tuned guitars but it is far easier to play with one standard tuned guitar and the other tuned in open G like this from low to high : D G D G B D.

In the demo ( I swear it is the only time that I did it !  ;-))  ) I cheated : I played the first four intro bars with two standard guitars and went on with one standard and one open G tuned.  But I give the two tabs ( it is very easy to understand the adaptation).  The intro sounds alright too with the open G tuned guitar.
 What I call the first guitar is the standard tuned one .  The second is the open G tuned one ( or standard if you choose). With the second you tick most of the time  five times like a metronome with your left forefinger like shown in the tab : in fact you mute the string as soon as you've picked it by stopping it above the A on the G string. 

The bass played in a very old style is also tabbed.

You can download the mp3 demo recorded by myself here ( the themes are repeated over and over  :(    and it may be long before you reach the chorus so sing all along ! :-))   see lyrics there and farther  ):

 
Legend : 

h   : hammer-on

2
|
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0  means play the open string then mute immediately above the second fret.
^^^^^   let ring

(See down below the variant with two standard tuned guitars )

INTRO :

PLAY TWICE

First guitar :

       G                 F                    C                D
E+-----------3------------------1------+-------------0--------------2--------+
B+-------------3------------------1----+---------------1--------------3------+
G+---------------5------------------3--+-----------------0--------2-----2----+
D+-----5--5--------------3--3----------+------2--2-------------0-------------+
A+-----5-----------------3-------------+------3------------------------------+
E+-----3-----------------1-------------+-------------------------------------+

Second guitar :
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
B+-----0----------------10-------------+------5----------------7-------------+
G+-----0-------0--------10-------------+------5-------0--------7-------------+
D+-----0--0h2-----------10-------------+------5--0h2-----------7-------------+
G+-----0----------------10-------------+------5----------------7-------------+
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

Bass :
G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A+-------------------------------------+------3----------------5-------------+
E+----3-----------------1--------------+-------------------------------------+
 
 
 
 

VERSE :
 

First guitar :

E+-----------3---------------3---------+--------3------------------3---------+
B+--------------3---------------3------+-----------3------------------3------+
G+-----------------5---------------5---+--------------5------------------5---+
D+--------5--------------5-------------+-----5------------------5------------+
A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E+-----3-------------3-----------------+--3------------------3---------------+
  Well Baby used to stay  out            all     night      long
  She  made me      cry   she            done    me         wrong
  She  hurt my eyes open                 that's  no         lie
       tables       turning now it's     her     turn to    cry   because I
 

Second guitar :
            2 2 2 2 2                           2 2 2 2 2
D+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
B+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
G+----------0-0-0-0-0----------0-------+--------0-0-0-0-0-----------0--------+
D+-----------------------0h2-----------+---------------------0h2-------------+
G+-----0-------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

Bass :
G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A+----------------5----5-7-5-----------+------------5-----5-7-5--------------+
E+-----3--3-7---7-------------7--------+--3---3-7--7---------------7---------+
 
 

CHORUS :

First guitar :

        D                                   C
E+------------2--------------2---------+----------0--------------0-----------+
B+--------------3---------------3------+------------1--------------1---------+
G+---------2------2-------2--------2---+--------------0--------------0-------+
D+------0--------------0---------------+-------2--------------2--------------+
A+-------------------------------------+----3--------------3-----------------+
E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
        used to       love her                 but it's    all  over

Second guitar :
                                                                         (briskly mute here)
D+------7-------------------------7-7--+----5---------------------------5-5--+
B+------7-------------------------7-7--+----5---------------------------5-5--+
G+------7-^^^^^-------------------7-7--+----5--^^^^^--------------------5-5--+
D+------7-------------------------7-7--+----5---------------------------5-5--+
G+------7-------------------------7-7--+----5---------------------------5-5--+
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

Bass :
G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D+----------------7----7-9-7-----------+------------------5----5-7-5---------+
A+------5---5-9--9----------------9----+----3-----3-7----7--------------7----+
E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
 
 
 

First guitar :

       G

E+-----------3---------------3---------+--------3------------------3---------+
B+--------------3---------------3------+-----------3------------------3------+
G+-----------------5---------------5---+--------------5------------------5---+
D+--------5--------------5-------------+-----5------------------5------------+
A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E+-----3-------------3-----------------+--3------------------3---------------+

       now                                                  (because I)
 

Second guitar :
            2 2 2 2 2                           2 2 2 2 2
D+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
B+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
G+----------0-0-0-0-0----------0-------+--------0-0-0-0-0-----------0--------+
D+-----------------------0h2-----------+---------------------0h2-------------+
G+-----0-------------------------------+--0----------------------------------+
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

Bass :
G+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
D+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
A+----------------5----5-7-5-----------+------------5-----5-7-5--------------+
E+-----3--3-7---7-------------7--------+--3---3-7--7---------------7---------+
 


 
 

VARIANT WITH TWO STANDARD TUNED GUITARS :

INTRO :

Second guitar :
       G                 F                    C                D 
E+-----3-----------------1-------------+------0----------------2-------------+
B+-----0-----------------1-------------+------1----------------3-------------+
G+-----0-------0---------2-------------+------0-------0--------2-------------+
D+-----0--0h2------------3-------------+------2--0h2-----------0-------------+
A+-----2-----------------3-------------+------3------------------------------+
E+-----3-----------------1-------------+-------------------------------------+
 
 

VERSE :

Second guitar :
            2 2 2 2 2                           2 2 2 2 2
E+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
B+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
G+----------0-0-0-0-0----------0-------+--------0-0-0-0-0-----------0--------+
D+-----------------------0h2-----------+---------------------0h2-------------+
A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E+------3------------------------------+---3---------------------------------+
 

CHORUS :
 

Second guitar :
                                                                         (briskly mute here)
E+------5-------------------------5-5--+----3---------------------------3-3--+
B+------7-------------------------7-7--+----5---------------------------5-5--+
G+------7-^^^^^-------------------7-7--+----5--^^^^^--------------------5-5--+
D+------7-------------------------7-7--+----5---------------------------5-5--+
A+------5-------------------------5-5--+----3---------------------------3-3--+
E+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+

Second guitar :
            2 2 2 2 2                           2 2 2 2 2
E+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
B+----------|-|-|-|-|------------------+--------|-|-|-|-|--------------------+
G+----------0-0-0-0-0----------0-------+--------0-0-0-0-0-----------0--------+
D+-----------------------0h2-----------+---------------------0h2-------------+
A+-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
E+------3------------------------------+---3---------------------------------+
 
 

Well, she used to run around with every man in town
Spent all my money playin' a high-class game
She put me out, it was a pity how I cried
The tables turning, now it's her turn to cry
 

Well, I used to wake up in the morning
Get my breakfast in bed
When I gotten worried
She could ease my aching head
But now she's here and there
With every man in town
Instead of trying to take me
For that same old clown

 


Tabbed by myself . All suggestions welcome here.

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