Standard tuning - E-A-D-G-B-e
\ - slide down
/ - slide up
~ - vibrato
h - hammer on
p - pull off
This song was written by Otis Rush, a Chicago-style Blues guitar player and vocalist.
your love is a slow Blues in A minor.
You can use the A pentatonic Blues scale and the chords Am (I), Dm (IV), Em (V), or the
7th chords Am7 (I), Dm7 (IV), Em7 (V).
The Rhythm guitar is quite simple - use the standard Blues chord progression and
play the chords like:
Am Dm EmI---------------------------------------------------------------------|I-------------------------------------------------------------5-------|I-------------------------------------------5-5-5-h7--------5---7-5---|I----5-5-5-h7-----5-5-5-h7----5-5-5-h7----/7-------------/7-----------|I--/7-----------/7----------/7-----------5-------------5--------------|I-5------------5------------5-----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------7-7-7-h9-------5-5-5-------------|------5-5-5-h7-------5-5-5-h7-----/9--------------/7------------5-5-5-|---/7-------------/7-------------7---------------5------------/7------|-5--------------5--------------------------------------------5--------|
--------------------------|I--------------------------|I--------------------------|I------5-5-5-h7------------|I---/7-------------etc.----|I-5------------------------|I
Lead
I-5/----------------------5/--------------------5/--------------------------|I-5/----------------------5/--------------------5/--------------------------|I-5/--7b(9)rb7p5---5------5/-7b(9)rb7p5---5-----5/-7b(9)rb7p5---5h7~~-------|I----------------7---7~~~---------------7---7~~---------------7-------------|I---------------------------------------------------------------------------|I---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--5/----------------------5/------------------------------------------------|I--5/----------------------5/------------------------------------------------|I--5/--7b(9)rb7p5---5------5/-7b(9)rb7p5---5-9~~~--9-9-7-5~--7p5-5----5------|I-----------------7---7~~~---------------7------------------------------7----|~-I----------------------------------------------------------------------------|I----------------------------------------------------------------------------|I
The rest of the verse lead is mostly played with these notes. Easy to figure out. During vocals EC played some fills, all nice in the blues scale, like:I---5~~~--5-10-8h10p8h10-etc.----|II--------------------------------|II--------------------------------|II--------------------------------|II--------------------------------|II--------------------------------|I
First part of the solo (do not mute the strings, let ring, much distortion!). Take a look: you just play the Am, Dm and Em chord as arpeggios...I----------12----------12------------------------12---------5-------------|I----13----------13------------------------13----------13---6-------------|I-14----14----14----14----14~~~--repeat-14----14----14------7-repeat 1st--|I-------------------------------------------------------------------------|I-------------------------------------------------------------------------|I-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------12--------7-7\5-8---------------|I------13----------13--8-8\6-6---------------|I---14----14----14-----9-9\7-7-7br5----------|I------------------------------------7-------|p5h7~-I--------------------------------------------|I--------------------------------------------|I
Then, at 1:48 min, the rhythm changed for the second solo part to an up tempo shuffle:I---------------8b(9)--------------8----------------10b(12)rb10-p8h10-8b----|I---10-10-10-10-------10b(13)~~-10---10-8---8-10-------------------------10-|I--------------------not-easy!-----------9----------------------------------|I---------------------------------------------------------------------------|I---------------------------------------------------------------------------|I---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
10b(12)-8----8b-----|I-----------10-------|I--------------------|I--------------------|I--------------------|I--------------------|I
I--------------------------5\-----------8-10-10-8----8b--20b(23)-20b(22)~----|I--8b(10)~~--8-------------5\---10-8-10-----------10-------------------------|I--------------9-7-5b------5\------------------------------------------------|I----------------------------------------------------------------------------|I----------------------7-----------------------------------------------------|I----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
20-17-17-17----------|I------------20b(23---|-I---------------------|I---------------------|I---------------------|I---------------------|I
I-------------------------------------------|II--20-17-------------------17-------5\------|II--------19b(21)-19-17-19-----------5\------|II-----------------------------17b-----------|II-------------------------------------------|II-------------------------------------------|I
You play in the first fingering pattern of the A Blues scale, but now on the 17th fret.
rest is played like the beginning.
